Cardinal Donald Wuerl , Archbishop of Washington and Chancellor of the University, spoke during a class on virtues taught by University President John Garvey . His lecture was covered by the Catholic Standard, Catholic News Agency, and Crux. It was mentioned in a National Catholic Reporter blog. See below.

From: Catholic News Agency Date: April 27, 2016 Author: Matt Hadro

Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation on love in the family presents a special challenge to laypeople to evangelize, Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington said Wednesday at the Catholic University of America.

One finding of the recent synods on the family was that "we have a lot of catechesis to do, a lot of sharing the faith," Cardinal Wuerl said April 27 in his address to university students and professors on Amoris laetitia, and the synods which led up to its publication. The exhortation presented both a "beautiful gift" and an "extraordinary challenge" to the Church, the cardinal maintained.

Catechesis is needed because many people "only have a vague idea" of Church teaching on "marriage, morality, family, even something as basic as the obligations of the commandments," he noted.

Cardinal Wuerl spoke as a special presentation in the class of university president John Garvey on "The Virtues." ...

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