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The Pope invites all Christians to contribute to the great mission of evangelization: "Your prayers and your concrete support, especially on World Mission Day, will be of great help.”
For the past 100 years (1927-2026), the Church has been observing World Mission Day. Over the course of this century, there have been nine popes, each enhancing this event with their messages, insights, and inspiration. The current piece simply presents a synthetic overview following the pivotal mission documents and encyclicals of each pope.
Freddie Bernardino, a lay missionary from the Philippines, has been serving in Zambia, at a mission station entrusted to the Comboni Missionaries. For the past four years, he has served as Principal of the Technical Vocational School in Chikowa, where he accompanies young people through education while sharing in the life and mission of the local community.
During his 2023 series of catechesis on “A passion for evangelization,” late Pope Francis dedicated each Wednesday general audience to a saint who exemplifies this passion. Here’s a look at 12 of the men and women he has cited who gave their lives to Christ and to evangelization.
In today’s world where technology–especially artificial intelligence (AI)–is moving at lighting speed, Pope Leo, in his first encyclical letter titled Magnificent Humanity, strongly feels that without clear, comprehensive moral guardrails, it is very possible AI will become significantly uncontrollable, posing grave risks to humanity.
This year’s World Mission Sunday is special because it marks 100 years since its institution by Pope Pius XI. In his message for the occasion, Pope Leo encourages Christians to be united in mission and “to keep our gaze fixed on the Lord so that He may truly be at the center of our lives and communities.”
The Salvatorian Pastoral Care for Children (SPCC), which began working with Philippine parishes 25 years ago, caters to children who suffer from corporal punishment and neglect, online grooming, and sexual exploitation.
What if humanity’s biggest challenge isn’t AI, money troubles, or political drama but something way closer to home? What if the future of civilization is actually being decided quietly, every day, in our homes: when we choose to get married, have kids, stay loyal and take care of each other.
In the latest Corruption Perceptions Index from Transparency International, the Philippines ranks 120th out of 182 nations in 2025, placing it near the bottom of regional standings. These figures call us to a moment of honest self-examination: What kind of society are we truly building together?
Saint Paul writes that the elderly Patriarch Abraham continued to “hope against hope” (Romans, 4:18). Ultimately, God rewarded his faith-filled hope when he and his wife Sarah welcomed their son Isaac into the world. We can look to Abraham and other Christian saints as beacons of hope.
