There's No Easter Sunday Without Good Friday
Happy Easter from all of us at the Pontifical Mission Societies of Boston! May your Fifty Days of Feasting in the presence of the Risen Lord be as prayerfully fulfilling a time as your Forty Days of Fasting. Last ...
No One Has Greater Love Than This
Every year, Fides News Agency, the information service of the Pontifical Mission Societies at our Vatican office, publishes a list of pastoral workers killed in the missions. For 2025, the roll includes ...
The Path to Evangelization is Not Always Easy
Do you ever pray that God would reveal life's road in front of you and show you exactly where He wants you to go, who He wants you to meet, and what words He'd like you to use? It's a common ...
Answering God's Call for the Missions
Everyone's life is filled with challenges. Our own reality may sometimes seem like an endless Good Friday, as we face perhaps the serious illness of a loved one, the loss of a job and financial difficulties, ...
Life is So Short: Why War?
My Dad was a pacifist. His firm belief in the need for a diplomatic solution to disagreements of all kinds was rock solid. It grew out of his time spent on the front lines of the Korean Conflict, where ...
A Lesson from the Missions
Anyone who knows me will tell you that I have a very sensitive startle reflex. Loud noises or unexpected shoulder taps are known to make me jump. If "startle-jumping" were an Olympic sport, I'd be ...
Have a Lent Well Spent with the Saints
Most people who know me will tell you that I have a fascination with saints. I think of them as my friends in heaven and look to them for their intercession in matters large and small. Praying that thunder ...
Growth of the Church in the Face of Danger
In his remarks after a recent Angelus, Pope Leo XIV said, "It is with sorrow and concern that I learned of the recent attacks against various communities in Nigeria leading to a heavy loss of life." He ...
