New Paradigms for Catechesis in Brazil: A Presentation of the National Directory for Catechesis

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Abstract

The Church in Brazil has played a significant role in the Latin-American Church, by the number of her faithful and pastors, including the theologians. Consequently, her contribution to the Latin-American Church has been very relevant nowadays. This article points out the components of the New Directory for the Catechesis in Brazil, following its chronology and its different components. It´s not only a contribution to Catechesis but a challenge to all the Latin-American Churches to revisit the situation of their catechesis.

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Catechesis Pastoral Pedagogy of the Church Evangelization Education in faith

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, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Salesiano. Doctor en Teología Pastoral Catequética. Asesor de catequesis del CNBB y del CELAM. Profesor en el Câmpus Pio XI del Centro Universitário Salesiano de São Paulo, en las Pontifícias Universidades Católicas de Curitiba y de Goiânia, editor y redactor de la Revista de Catequese, coordinador de redacción del Diretório Nacional de Catequese.