Reclaiming the Piazza III Communicating Catholic Culture / Edited by Leonardo Franchi, Ronnie Convery and Jack Valero

This third volume in the Reclaiming the Piazza series offers a collection of highly readable essays by respected experts from within mainstream Catholic tradition. The Catholic
Christian of the 21st century is called to a witness of engagement, respectful listening, dialogue and friendship. The Piazza of the 21st century will not be reclaimed for Christ by
slogans, anathemas or culture wars, but by patience, respect and a humble search for understanding.

‘A timely contribution . . . It will also serve as a rich resource for anyone, of all faiths or none, interested in learning more about the vital roles which faith, reason, and a spirit of charity play in resourcing our culture today.’ Rebekah Lamb, St Mary’s College,
University of St Andrews

Since the day of Pentecost, the Church has never ceased responding to the Lord’s command to proclaim the Gospel to all people. The content of this proclamation—the person of Jesus Christ, the Son of God—has never changed.

What is ‘new’ and continues to develop is the form by which that same Gospel is proclaimed with fresh enthusiasm, in a contemporary and comprehensible language, with methodologies capable of transmitting the deepest sense of God’s unchanging Word.

(From the preface by Archbishop Rino Fisichella, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization