Overview
- The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published Venite ad Me on October 22, 2026, after Pope Leo XIV approved the text on August 21, 2026 and it was signed by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández and Msgr. Armando Matteo.
- The document diagnoses an 'epochal change' that has weakened family-based transmission of the faith and says the first proclamation, the kerygma, must be placed at the center of evangelization efforts.
- Venite ad Me calls for a reorientation from programs focused mainly on children toward deliberate evangelization of adults and stronger communal welcome and accompaniment for new converts.
- The text highlights digital technology and artificial intelligence as reshaping relationships and information, cites Pope Leo XIV that the core problem is anthropological, and links those shifts to falling intergenerational transmission.
- Framed as non‑binding 'Considerations,' the document draws on papal teaching, Vatican II and contributions from bishops' conferences and proposes practical pastoral tools such as scripture groups, liturgy, popular piety, pilgrimage, and expanded roles for women in parish life.