Tag: World Mission Sunday
Vatican statistics show fewer priests, more lay missionaries
While the number of Catholic priests and religious continues to decline, the number of lay missionaries, catechists and permanent deacons continues to increase, according to the news agency Fides.
Seven new saints on World Mission Sunday
Canonising seven new saints on World Mission Sunday, Pope Leo XIV said God is present wherever the innocent suffer, and his form of justice is forgiveness.
World Mission Sunday: “We have the challenge of revitalising our devotion”
Evangelising and helping the needy go hand in hand. Or at least that is what is promoted by the Pontifical Mission Societies.
At home or abroad, mission work involves “radical transformation” in Christ
Ahead of World Mission Sunday, Kevin Foy, executive director of the United States Catholic Mission Association, speaks on current perspectives and trends in mission work.
