"The Gospel is not proclaimed standing still, closed in an office, at a desk or at a computer arguing like 'keyboard lions' and substituting the creativity of the announcement by copying and pasting ideas taken here and there. The Gospel it announces itself by moving, walking, going".
The Pope said it in St. Peter's Square for the general audience as he continued the catecheses on evangelization.
And he then recalled that yesterday was the sixtieth anniversary of the encyclical of Saint John XXIII 'Pacem in terris', written in the midst of the Cold War.
"The Pope opened up before everyone the broad horizon in which to be able to speak of peace," Francis said.
"That encyclical was a real blessing, like a glimpse of serene in the midst of dark clouds. His message is very timely",
such as the passage in which Roncalli asked to regulate relations "not by resorting to the force of arms but in the light of reason".
"I pray that the leaders of nations let themselves be inspired by it in their projects and decisions," Bergoglio said.
