Vatican calls priests to be missionaries, evangelize
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VATICAN CITY — Priests cannot be content just to welcome and evangelize those who come to Church, but they must go out into their neighborhoods and across the globe to proclaim salvation, said a Vatican document.
Priests are consecrated to preach the Gospel to the whole world, said a letter titled "The missionary identity of the priest in the Church."
The document from the Congregation for Clergy was dated June 29, 2010, but released by the congregation Jan. 24.
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