News From the Orient - May 22, 2025

Pope Leo XIV thanks Pontifical Mission Societies for devotion to communion, universality

Pope Leo XIV addresses members of the Pontifical Missions Societies on May 22, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, May 22, 2025 / 14:48 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV delivered an address to the Pontifical Mission Societies on T... [...]

Pope Leo XIV’s audience with Pontifical Mission Societies national directors: Full text

"A renewed focus on the church’s unity and universality corresponds precisely to the authentic charism of the Pontifical Mission Societies."

News from the Orient - May 22, 2025

In this week's News from the Orient, produced in collaboration with L'Œuvre d'Orient: 1700th anniversary of Council of Nicaea, Eastern Churches welcome Pope Leo XIV, and Monsignor Gollnisch honoured in Armenia. Read all

Leo XIV met the participants in the Annual General Assembly, who came from over 120 countries. Gratitude for "the mission of evangelization," as evidenced by his "years of pastoral ministry in Peru," recalled Prevost. ...