New visual identity reflects unity and tradition as Monsignor Landry assumes leadership of the Pope’s missionary network in the United States.
Speaking to Catholics from Vietnam who live in the United States, Pope Francis highlighted their vital contributions to the universal Church through their support of The Pontifical Mission Societies USA.
The numbers reported by Fides do not include the death of Father Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo, who was shot dead by unidentified assailants, at lhiala, along Onitsha-Owerri Expressway, Nigeria, hours after Pope Francis honored the first Christian martyr on Boxing Day.
“Sadly, even today, many men and women are persecuted—sometimes to the point of death—because of the Gospel,” Pope Francis said.
On Christmas Day, Pope Francis thanked missionaries throughout the world because "they bring light and comfort to so many people in difficulty. To all of them we want to say: Thank you!”
In a letter to the people of Nicaragua, Pope Francis reiterated his affection to them amidst a violent crackdown against the local Catholic community.
With the theme “America, with the Power of the Spirit, Witnesses to Christ”, the Nov. 19-24 CAM6 emphasizes the Church’s call to mission, rooted in the Gospel.
Addressing the laity, Archbishop Nieves of San Juan valued that “you are the living stones of this surviving Church; to you we owe as much in catechesis, as in building temples as in sustaining the clergy and religious and in witnesses and models of holiness.
In an interview at the Cathedral of San Juan on November 18, 2024, Cardinal Porras painted a sobering picture of a Church under siege yet unwavering in its faith.
Keynote Speech at National Meeting of The Pontifical Mission Societies USA by Archbishop Emilio Nappa, International President of The Pontifical Mission Societies.
Among those in Puerto Rico attendance are Archbishop Emilio Nappa, President of The Pontifical Mission Societies International; Father Roger J. Landry, the incoming National Director of TPMS USA; Father Anthony D. Andreassi, C.O., the interim National Director; and Bishop Vincent F. Mwakhwawa, Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi.
Fr. Roger J. Landry celebrated Mass on November 16, 2024, at the Stella Maris Church, San Juan, Puerto Rico, on the occasion of the 2024 National Conference of The Pontifical Mission Societies.
