World Mission Day Archives

World Mission Sunday isn’t canceled because of COVID-19, officials say

Oct 16, 2020

The collection taken up in parishes around the globe on World Mission Sunday is “as unique as it is rare” because offerings are made by Catholics in the richest and poorest nations, a Vatican official said.

By Cindy Wooden

Pope: Pandemic is an opportunity for mission, service to others

Jun 1, 2020

While isolation, social distancing and economic uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic prove to be a challenge, Christians are called by God to take part in the church’s mission in the world, Pope Francis wrote in a message for World Mission Sunday 2020.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

All Catholics must be missionaries, pope says in message

Jun 10, 2019

By virtue of their baptism, all Catholics are called to be missionaries, sharing the good news of salvation in Jesus by their actions and their words, Pope Francis said.

By Cindy Wooden

World Mission Sunday to highlight evangelizing youth

Oct 20, 2018

As the Church prepares to celebrate World Mission Day on Sunday, the head of the Vatican’s evangelization congregation said the timing of the day with the youth synod provides an opportunity to remind young people they too are called to spread the Gospel.

By Hannah Brockhaus

Francis tells youth to evangelize through the ‘digital world’

May 20, 2018

Sharing the Gospel with people at the peripheries might not even require stepping outside the door, Pope Francis said Saturday, encouraging Christians to evangelize through encounters in the “digital world.”

By Hannah Brockhaus

Latest numbers confirm global south as new Catholic center of gravity

Oct 22, 2017

New Catholic population numbers released in advance of today’s 91st World Mission Day confirm that the southern hemisphere, containing most of the so-called “developing world,” has become the new demographic center of gravity of the Church. Today more than two-thirds of all Catholics live outside the West, and that share is growing all the time.

By Crux Staff