Ecclesia in Europa

Ecclesia in Europa
Latin for 'The Church in Europe'
Apostolic exhortation of Pope John Paul II
Coat of arms of Pope John Paul II
Signature date 28 June 2003
Number14 of 15 of the pontificate
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Ecclesia in Europa (English: The Church in Europe) is a post-synodal apostolic exhortation written by Pope John Paul II, published on 28 June 2003. The exhortation follows up on the Special Assembly for Europe of the Synod of Bishops, which met during 1–23 October 1999. It addresses the Church in Europe.

The document was organized using a theme of hope. Its foundational Bible texts were taken from the Book of Revelation.[1]

Ecclesia in Europa candidly recognized that Europe was on the verge of becoming a post-Christian continent, in that the Gospel must now bring its “message of hope to a Europe that seems to have lost sight of it.”[2]

  1. ^ John Paul II. (2013). Ecclesia in Europa. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana. §6
  2. ^ Weigel, George. The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II – The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy . The Crown Publishing Group. Kindle Edition citing "Ecclesia in Europa" §2.