What is an Apostolic Exhortation?  #11

It is customary that, following each Synod, a document called an Apostolic Exhortation is issued by the Pope.   The Holy Father draws on the information that has been provided to him to write a document for the betterment of the Church in the world.  One example of an Apostolic Exhortation that has long been an influential teaching document is Evangelii nuntiani, published by Pope St. Paul VI in 1974 after the completion of the Synod of Bishops that focused on “Evangelization in the Modern World.  Another highly influential Apostolic Exhortation is Familiaris consortio, published following the Fifth Ordinary General Assembly of Bishops in 1980 under the theme, “The Christian Family.”