The Pope invited every Catholic parish in the world to participate, emphasizing that their prayers and support help proclaim ...

COMMENTARY: As the Church marks World Mission Sunday on Oct. 19, the Pope links the collection to the Jubilee of Hope and to ...

I write this with a sense of urgency: this is our largest celebration of the year, helping to replenish the General Solidarity Fund that will support mi ...

In a video message, Pope Leo XIV calls on every Catholic parish to take part in World Mission Sunday, 19 October, recalling ...

In a message, released on Monday, Pope Leo XIV explained how prayers and support on World Mission Sunday are vital in ...

It's World Mission Sunday. This special day in the Catholic liturgical calendar was created by Pope Pius XI in the mid-1920s ...

Vatican statistics show Catholic priests decline, but lay missionaries, deacons, and catechists grow, serving millions ...

Pope Leo XIV is seen in a screen grab from his video appeal Oct. 13 asking Catholic parishes around the world to observe ...

Pope Leo XIV, who spent decades serving as a missionary in Peru, has encouraged faithful to support the church’s foreign ...

As we mark World Mission Sunday on Oct. 19 -- during this Jubilee Year of Hope -- we are invited to remember that the church's very nature is missionary. Christ's final words to his disciples ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – While the number of Catholic priests and religious continues to decline, the number of lay missionaries, ...