
The Biblical Roots of World Mission Sunday
St. Paul organized a collection among the Gentile churches to care for their brothers and sisters in need.

St. Paul organized a collection among the Gentile churches to care for their brothers and sisters in need.

“The World Mission Sunday collection will fund what these missionary lands need most: training seminarians, building churches, supporting religious sisters and brothers, and educating children in Catholic schools.”

World Mission Sunday helped build a study center to translate Christian classics into Mongolian. The Church in Mongolia expanded a formation center to train catechists and Church workers to bring the faith more effectively throughout their vast country.

On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, we remember the tragedy, the heroism, and the faith that sustained us. But have we learned the right lessons from that day?

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“This is what The Pontifical Mission Societies strive to do: to make it possible to bring Jesus, the Light of the World, to people no matter what they are suffering.”

Read Bishop Bonnar’s homily from the Mass at St. Columba Cathedral on May 12, celebrating the new Pope Leo XIV.

Pope Leo XIV’s devotion to St. Augustine, his life and ministry as a member of the Augustinian order and his focus on the unity of the church are reflected in his episcopal motto and coat of arms.

Standing on loggia of St. Peter’s basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 as he introduced himself to the world as the 266th successor to St. Peter—the first American to hold that role.

In his first address, the Holy Father quoted St. Augustine: “With you I am a Christian, for you a