Mission is a duty about which one must say 'Woe to me if I do not evan…

Pope Benedict XVI
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Mission is a duty about which one must say 'Woe to me if I do not evangelize' (1 Corinthians 9:16)...redemption and mission are acts of love [because] those who proclaim the Gospel participate in the charity of Christ.
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