By Hannah Brockhaus
Rome Newsroom, Jan 26, 2025 / 08:35 am
A Scripture expert who is now the official preacher of Pope Francis has explained what makes the Bible “modern” and why knowledge of the word of God is important for evangelization.
“The revelation of God is offered within a great variety of stories, tales, situations that correspond closely to life,” Father Roberto Pasolini, OFM Cap, told CNA in an interview last month.
People today are always thinking in terms of stories, whether that is Instagram “stories” or films or TV, he continued. “Because stories are places where we recognize ourselves immediately,” while it is sometimes harder to see ourselves in “more abstract, theoretical, and dogmatic formulations.”
“And so in this way, I think, the Bible is very modern as a resource for proclaiming the mystery of God,” he said.
On Jan. 26, the Catholic Church commemorates the Sunday of the Word of God, established by Pope Francis in 2019.
Francis, for the occasion, presided over a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, where he emphasized the importance of the Bible in the life of a Christian.
