From Gloria.tv
Papal encyclicals from 1878 to 1978 contained between 4,000 and 10,000 words. Pope Francis uses per encyclical an average of 30,000 words [without saying much].
This word count was provided by AWildSostenuto.wordpress.com (April 10).
Francis' post-synodal exhortation Amoris Laetitia alone contains 60,000 words.
His exhortation Evangelii gaudium is five times longer than Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans.
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