Evangelii Gaudium. In his Apostolic Exhortation The Joy of the Gospel issued on November 25, 2013, Pope Francis develops the theme of the proclamation of the Gospel in the contemporary world. This core document at the beginning of his papacy offers a road map that "point[s] out new paths for the Church's journey in years to come." It is a vast and functional text that urges the Church to free itself from anything that stands in the way of its mission of announcing the core message of the Gospel to today's humanity, just as they are.
