Pontifical Missionary Societies

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Pope Leo XIV addresses members of the Pontifical Missions Societies on May 22, 2025, at the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV thanks Pontifical Mission Societies for devotion to communion, universality

May 22, 2025

By Kristina Millare

The pope asked his listeners to be inspired and renewed in their vocation to “be a leaven of missionary zeal... Read more

The beatification of Pauline Jaricot in Lyon, France, on May 22, 2022.

World Mission Day 2022: Key figures and notable anniversaries

Oct 21, 2022

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Figures published on the occasion of this year’s World Mission Sunday — this year celebrated on Oct. 23 — are... Read more

Pope Francis at the general audience March 14, 2018.

Pope Francis: In missionary work, prayer comes first

May 28, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

Every Christian is called to be a missionary through prayer, working in collaboration with the Holy Spirit, who gives prayer... Read more

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Andre Mahanna, a former Maronite Catholic priest.

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Leo XIV eliminates commission for donations to Holy See created by Pope Francis

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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Catholic bishops back Trump’s removal of gender ideology in refugee forms

The Ten Commandments outside the Texas capitol.

Dozens of Congress members urge court to allow Ten Commandments display in public schools

Bishop Michael Fisher outside the meeting hall during the 2019 USCCB General Assembly, June 12, 2019.

Buffalo bishop will allow faithful to meet at parishes to oppose closures, mergers

St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

Vatican commission rejects female diaconate, although without a ‘definitive judgment’

Pope Francis receives the bishops of England and Wales for their ad limina visit at the Vatican, Sept. 28, 2018.

Did leak in England suggest broader shift in Vatican policy on the Latin Mass?

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.

Archbishop Broglio: Drug cartels must be stopped, but not with ‘violence outside the law’

Poster for the St. John of the Cross 2026 Jubilee.

Discalced Carmelites prepare to celebrate jubilee year of St. John of the Cross

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