Listen and learn how to share the good news of Jesus with others.
Pope Francis wrote 30 lessons on Apostolic Zeal—the passion for sharing the good news of Jesus.
Here are audio-recordings of these lessons. Pope Francis taught these lessons to his Wednesday audiences in Rome during 2023.
Listen to these lessons and discuss them with your small group.
Learn how to share the hope of Jesus with your friends and family.
Listen to the lessons.
Scroll down to the individual lessons, or you may click the image below to play all lessons.
How to do this study.
Get together a group of friends who want to learn how to share Jesus with others.
Each lesson contains an audio recording and discussion questions. You can download the text if you want to read along with the recording.
For each lesson, listen to the audio and discuss the questions with your group.
You can print out the text of the lesson by clicking the “Download” button at the start of each lesson.
How to get a certificate of completion.
Login to Learn.DOLR.org, go to the Apostolic Zeal course. The last item in the course is the sign-off. Submit your sign-off to let us know you completed the course. We will issue you a certificate of completion via email.
Copyright © Dicastero per la Comunicazione – Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Reproduced with permission.
The author: Pope Francis. Pope Francis is the first Latin American to be elected Pope. He has dedicated his ministry to encouraging Christians to share the Joy of the Gospel with the world.
Read by: Graydon Carter. Graydon Carter is on staff with the Diocese of Little Rock. Graydon earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in International Relations from Hendrix College. He is a member of St. Joseph Church in Conway where he serves as lector and cantor.