Pope penned major documents on reform, evangelization, caring for creation

BY CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY • In documents issued his first 10 years in office, Pope Francis covered topics as diverse as strengthening one’s faith, evangelization, caring for creation, accompanying families and young people, and respecting indigenous peoples.

He wrote a major document on reforming the Roman Curia, three encyclicals and five apostolic exhortations. Here is a list of his major texts:

APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION:

“Praedicate Evangelium” (“Preach the Gospel”). The Pope’s long awaited apostolic constitution on the reform of the Roman Curia was released in 2022. It replaced St. John Paul II’s 1988 constitution, “Pastor Bonus,” and reorganized