Vatican City, Oct 24, 2017 / 05:06 am
An initiative from the Vatican this month is inviting people to virtually connect with Pope Francis and learn more about Church missions and how to support them.
MissioBot is an automatic chat system on Facebook Messenger, which helps guide users through a chat experience with words from Pope Francis. Through any computer or smart phone with the Facebook Messenger app, users can learn about mission projects around the world.
The participant then has the opportunity to pray for particular intentions or donate to specific causes, such as orphans or victims of famine. People will also be able to click on "Papal Wisdom" to receive snippets of advice from Pope Francis.
MissioBot is available for the entire month of October in commemoration of World Mission Sunday, Oct. 22.