From Evangelii Gaudium, The Joy of the Gospel

“All people have a right to receive the Gospel. Christians have the duty to proclaim the Gospel without excluding anyone. Instead of seeming to impose new obligations, they should appear as people who wish to share their joy, who point to a horizon of beauty and who invite others to a delicious banquet. It is not by proselytizing that the Church grows, but “by attraction.”

The beauty of the gospel that comes from outside us and yet, like a work of art, is personally compelling …