Do we as Catholics preach the Gospel?

In the Holy Scripture, we have a record of the Apostles preaching the Gospel (literally means 'good news') immediately after Pentecost.

St Peter preached the Gospel in the Upper Room ( Acts 2:22-40), and three thousand people became Christians upon hearing it (Acts 2:41). In this speech, "faith alone" (a notion that is often claimed to be the substance of the Gospel) does not appear at all. Rather, he instructs his hearers, "Repent, and be baptized...for the forgiveness of your sins" (Acts 2:38).

Likewise, St Paul defines the Gospel in Acts 13:16-41 as the resurrection of Jesus (13:32-33) , and in Corinthians 15:1-8 as the Lord's death, burial, and resurrection. When Paul converted, straightaway he also was baptized, in order to have his "sins washed away" (Acts 22:12-16).

From these facts, we conclude that the Gospel is the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. Catholics have always taught this.

Furthermore, Catholics believe that every Mass is an instance of preaching the Gospel, not only by the preached word, but also in the partaking of the Eucharist, which was the primary reason the early Christians gathered.

This is indicated clearly in Acts 2:42, at the onset of the Christian Church: "They devoted themselves to the teaching of the Apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the Bread and to the prayers".