Editing Universal call to holiness (section)

{{Short description|Teaching of the Roman Catholic Church}}
The '''universal call to holiness''' is a teaching of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] that all people are called to be [[sacred|holy]], and is based on Matthew 5:48: "Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect" ({{Bibleverse|Matthew|5:48}}). In the first book of the Bible, the call to holiness is expressed in the Lord's words to Abraham: "Walk before me, and be blameless" ({{Bibleverse|Genesis|17:1}}).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pope Francis |author-link=Pope Francis |title=[[Gaudete et exsultate|Gaudete Et Exsultate]]: On the call to holiness in today's world |date=2018 |publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana |ref=Gaudete}}</ref>