fisichella's task is to reawaken the faith in traditionally christian parts of the world, particularly europe and north america. the idea is that, while the countries within christendom today were first "evangelised", or converted to christianity, many centuries ago, today it stands in need of a "new evangelisation" because of a decline of faith in the west. his first declared project was a celebration in 2012 of the 20th anniversary of the publication of the "catechism of the catholic church".