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Not much attention has been given to Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad, The Call to Holiness in Today’s World) released on March 19, 2018, the Solemnity of St. Joseph. I liked it. One of the many things I like about Pope Francis is that he doesn’t churn out one encyclical after another. St. John Paul II had a hot pen. You never could keep up with him. Benedict XVI was restrained. Francis has followed Benedict’s example by not flooding us with a torrent of publications. But when it comes to personality and charisma, well, it’s a well to a waterfall.