Pope Advocates ‘The Gospel Of Life’

Dedicating Palm Sunday to the world’s youth, Pope John Paul II said he is counting on them to spread the message of his latest encyclical, which denounces abortion and the death penalty.

“Dear young people, proclaim and give testimony to the gospel of life!” John Paul told tens of thousands of people at a Mass in St. Peter’s Square.

“Gospel of Life,” or “Evangelium vitae,” is the title of a papal encyclical released March 30 that depicts modern society as increasingly being dominated by a “culture of death.”