When a priest has experienced the joy of truly believing in Jesus Christ and embracing him as a friend, it shows, Pope Leo XIV told priests.
Missionaries
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Pope Leo ask Vatican employees to be missionaries, support his ministry
by Cindy Woodenby Cindy Wooden“Popes pass away, but the Curia remains,” he said May 24.
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Pope Leo XIV’s audience with Pontifical Mission Societies national directors: Full text
by Pope Leo XIVby Pope Leo XIV“A renewed focus on the church’s unity and universality corresponds precisely to the authentic charism of the Pontifical Mission Societies.”
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“Our world, wounded by war, violence and injustice, needs to hear the Gospel message of God’s love and to experience the reconciling power of Christ’s grace,” the pope said May …
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On the 50th anniversary of when the Khmer Rouge took power in Cambodia and left close to 2 million people dead, the Catholic Church there, still a fledgling minority, is …
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(OSV News) — In Haiti, where insecurity has devastated daily life since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, many religious groups are striving to celebrate Christmas amid growing chaos. …
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At home or abroad, mission work involves ‘radical transformation’ in Christ, says US missions expert
(OSV News) — Ahead of World Mission Sunday — which the Catholic Church celebrates on the second to last Sunday in October, and which in 2024 falls on Oct. 20 …