Does the Catechism assist in what Pope John Paul II has called the “new evangelization?
” Yes. Pope John Paul II has termed the Catechism “an instrument for the new evangelization.” The “new evangelization” which the Pope consistently proclaimed involves both the transformation of contemporary culture and the personal, ongoing conversion of the individual believer. The Catechism presents the message of Christ in its entirety. It presents the message of Christ faithfully. It consistently offers the teachings of the Church in relationship to the person of Christ who is at the heart of the Church’s beliefs. These three elements make up the energizing center of the “new evangelization.” Pope John Paul II said, “The new evangelization, however, requires first of all a catechesis that, presenting the plan of salvation, can call people to conversion and to hope in God’s promise on the basis of certitude about the true resurrection of Christ, the first proclamation and root of all evangelization, the foundation of all human development and the principle of every Christian culture
