“Take to heart the welcoming of the poor and the little ones, among yourselves and toward the people you serve in your ministry, in a spirit of inclusion and service,” Pope Francis met on May 11 with members of the Italian Conference of Missionary Institutes, “Mission, like communion, is first and foremost a mystery of Grace. It is not our work, but God’s,” he added. “We do it not alone, but moved by the Spirit and docile to His action.”
Consistory to reflect on Church’s mission to communicate God’s love
In a letter to the Cardinals ahead of a late-June Consistory, Pope Leo XIV calls for a deeper reflection on the themes of “Evangelii gaudium,”
