On February 6, Pope Francis published his traditional message for World Mission Sunday 2025, which will take place on October 19. These words are full of hope, especially for this Jubilee year.
This year's theme is 'Missionaries of hope among all peoples'. The pope highlights the importance of missionary movements in developing countries, but he says it's crucial to focus on wealthy countries as well.
In the most technologically advanced nations, “proximity” is disappearing
The Pope says that the “obsession with efficiency and an attachment to material things and ambitions are making” people “self-centred and incapable of altruism.”
World Mission Day is held on the penultimate Sunday of October every year. It was created by Pope Pius XI in 1926. Next year will be the 100th anniversary of its creation.
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