Pope calls for council to address 'new evangelization'

In Rome, Pope Benedict XVI announced the formation of a new pontifical council to consider "new evangelization" in order to innovate ways to present the Gospel in areas of the world where secularism is outweighing church teachings.

The Pope said he created the "new organism, in the form of a pontifical council" with the idea of renewing evangelization in the countries where the "first proclamation of faith" has already been received and where ancient foundations of the church already exist.