Pope: Church Becomes Sick When Not the Proclaiming Gospel
By Junno Arocho Esteves – If the Church fails to go out and proclaim the Gospel to those who are lost or forgotten, it risks falling ill to the evil that is committed by its own...
Category: Christian Mission
Catholic Media Vital For Accurate News, Stories Of Faith, Hope
By Julie Asher – The president of SIGNIS urged the world’s bishops as the “chief storyteller” in their diocese to use all media at their disposal to “make known” stories “of faith and hope” and...
South Africa’s Time for Resurrection
For many Catholics, this year’s Holy Week is an experience of “virtual church”—those truly observing the lockdown, or people like my parents in their 80s, who are too scared to go outside, have stayed connected...
The Bishop Who Serves A Whole Country
An Agentinian who knows Pope Francis from Buenos Aires serves as the only bishop of Eswatini. Bishop José Luís Ponce de León is interviewed by MANDLA ZIBI. Bishop José Luís Ponce de León heads the...
Voice of SA Winner Signs on for Global Goodwill Ambassador
The Voice SA Season 2 winner Craig Lucas has been announced as the Global Goodwill Ambassador for award-winning human rights NPO The Justice Desk. The Justice Desk is part of the Edmund Rice organisation, named...
We Must Bring Christ into the World
For the Extraordinary Month of Mission and Mission Sunday, ARCHBISHOP STEPHEN BRISLIN reflects on how the People of God can bring Christ to the world. Christ entrusted the Church to continue his mission shortly before his Ascension to...
The Amazing Journeys of a Hermit-Missionary
Once he was a successful businessman; now he is a ‘hermit-missionary’ priest who loves to be on the road. Robert Duncan met Fr Mary Elias. In the late 1990s, he was an active businessman and...
The Amazon Basin: Mission in the Middle of Nowhere
Why is the Church having a Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region? Barbara Fraser looks at the challenges of missionaries working in a lawless region so remote that it takes five days by boat...
Prayer for the Extraordinary Missionary Year 2019
Heavenly Father, when your only begotten Son Jesus Christ rose from the dead, he commissioned his followers to “go and make disciples of all nations” and you remind us that through our Baptism we are...
Pope Opens Missionary Month with Call to Share Joy, Hope, Talents
By Carol Glatz – God wants everyone to take a risk to share with others the gifts he has given to them – their life, talents and his love, Pope Francis said. Opening the Extraordinary...
What Mission Month is About
Pope Francis has declared October 2019 an Extraordinary Mission Month. Fr Dumisani Vilakati explains why and what that means to us. The third Sunday in October is traditionally dedicated to the Church’s missionary endeavours. And October...
What the Mission Month Logo Means
The logo for the Extraordinary Missionary Month October 2019 shows a missionary cross whose traditional colours recall the five continents. The Symbols The cross welcomes the world and connects peoples, in communication between people with...
