

36
28 Pope Francis, Homily at Mass on the Occasion of the Twenty-Eighth World Youth
Day, Rio de Janeiro, July 28, 2013, no. 2.
29 EG, no. 24.
30 Pope Benedict XVI, Encyclical
Deus Caritas Est
, no. 1. Also see EG, no. 7.
31 EG, no. 266
32 EG, no. 3.
33 DCW, 12.
34 See Thirteenth Ordinary Synod of Bishops, List of Final Propositions, October 7-28,
2012, no. 9.
35 DCW, 12-13.
36 Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation,
Ecclesia in America
, no. 68.
37
National Directory for Catechesis
(Washington, DC: USCCB, 2005), no. 17.A.
38 Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation,
Catechesi Tradendae
, no. 20.
39 DCW, 13.
40
Lumen Gentium
, no. 11.
41
Follow the Way of Love: A Pastoral Message of the US Catholic Bishops to Families
, “Fam-
ilies Are a Sign of God’s Presence,” (Washington, DC: USCCB, 1994),
http://www.
usccb.org/issues-and-action/marriage-and-family/marriage/follow-the-way-of-love.cfm .42 Pope Francis,
Amoris Laetitia
(AL), no. 87
43
Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church
(Washington, DC: United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops–Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2006) no. 321.
44
Welcome and Justice for Persons with Disabilities: A Framework of Access and Inclusion
(Washington, DC: USCCB, 1998), no. 6,
www.usccb.org/_cs_upload/8104_1.pdf.
45 DCW, 15.
46 EG, no. 28.
47 DCW, Preface.
48 EG, no. 127.
49 Ibid., no. 172.
50 EG, no. 46.
51 See AL, Chapter 8.
52 AL, no. 78, quoting the
Relatio Finalis
2015, nos. 53-54.
53 EG, no. 117.
54 See EG, no. 27.
55 EG, no. 24.
56 EG, no. 178.