Catholic missionaries Archives

Religious from Latin America train to serve in U.S. mission dioceses

Oct 28, 2019

A group of 38 religious sisters from Latin America just completed a weeklong training program at the Mexican American Catholic College in San Antonio to prepare them for five years of ministry in mission dioceses of the United States.

By Catholic News Service

Smartphones and social media become missionary tools in the Amazon

Oct 19, 2019

Some of the challenges faced by the Catholic Church in the Amazon involve vast geographic extensions and the lack of infrastructure in the region. Many missionaries in the rainforest try to overcome distances using the only available tool: Smartphones.

By Eduardo Campos Lima

She was 16, he was a priest — and a man says he’s their son

Oct 9, 2019

Africa has long lagged behind the United States, Europe and Australia in confronting the problem of priests having sex with children, given the church’s priorities here have focused on fighting poverty, conflict and traffickers who sell children off to war or work.

By Nicole Winfield and Rodney Muhumuza

In Amazon, mission work changed, but still means accompanying suffering

Oct 1, 2019

The Amazon basin, with its hundreds of indigenous tribes, has been mission territory since the first Spanish and Portuguese priests set out in canoes along its rivers in the 17th century.

By Barbara Fraser

‘Baptized and sent’: Pope designates October as Mission Month

Sep 26, 2019

In the October calendar of Vatican events, Pope Francis’s “Extraordinary Missionary Month” may be overshadowed by the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon and its related events.

By Cindy Wooden

Catholic missionaries bring Jesus to Baltimore streets

Sep 8, 2019

Colin Miller and Nathan Belk are spending their days walking through the streets of downtown Baltimore. In their backpacks they might carry some clean pairs of socks for a homeless person or a bottle of water.

By Christopher Gunty