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In that setting the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox and Protestants in the World Council of Churches affirmed evangelization to be essential but also engaged in dialogue with other religions to promote better understanding between the different faiths.

They took note a year ago when Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York delivered a winning address on evangelization to the College of Cardinals, the day before the pope gave him the red hat of a cardinal.

He is finishing work on a speech about evangelization to lapsed Catholics that he is scheduled deliver, in Italian, to the pope and Vatican luminaries on Friday, and he is nervous about it, he said.

Cardinal Dolan drew particular attention, in part because of his status as the archbishop of New York, in part because he delivered a well-received address on evangelization to the College of Cardinals on Friday, and in part because of his exuberant personality.

The evangelization of inactive Catholics -- what the Vatican calls new evangelization, to contrast it with missionary work -- is an issue of particular interest to Pope Benedict XVI and to Archbishop Dolan, who said earlier this week that it was the one issue he most wanted to be associated with as cardinal.

Benedictine monasteries were instrumental in spreading and sustaining the Christian faith in many parts of Europe; Pope Benedict has looked to a new evangelization to do a similar kind of thing, and he has devoted much energy to matters liturgical.

"And the new evangelization is to renew ourselves, so that we can be more credible inviters for summoning people back".

Although limits were placed on the ordination of Native Americans and much evangelization appeared to be an integral part of military conquest, the indigenous and mestizo populations of Mexico and South America, who intermingled traditional and Christian beliefs, thought of themselves as Roman Catholics.

Freyer said he was eager to assist in developing the diocese's new pastoral plan and focus on evangelization, "creating experiences to allow us to share our faith more deeply".

The call to evangelization must bring the Church back to American cities.

George: The marriage crisis throughout the western world seems to me both an impediment to the New Evangelization and a spur to it.