CONF / The Congregation for the Propagating Faith, a mirror of the Christian mission

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With Daniel Moulinet: emeritus professor at the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Lyon At the threshold of the modern era, the discovery of new lands and populations not touched by the Gospel raises anew the question of evangelization. The creation of the Roman Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (1622) will distinguish this task from the colonization that was being established, even though they are frequently associated. And that, for a long time, Rome will not have the leeways to impose its perception of a démarche aya…