Breanne DiMarco never imagined she would become a missionary. After overcoming addiction and resisting God’s call, a series of signs and life-changing experiences led her to serve around the world—and later discover the mission within her own home as a mother. Her story is a powerful reminder that we are all called to mission, no matter our past or where we are.
Coryn Glafcke has served as a lay missionary with Family Missions Company since 2018, living and serving in the United States, Mexico, Haiti, Asia, and Italy. Her mission experiences have deeply transformed her both inwardly and outwardly, teaching her the value of friendship, perseverance, and joy in following Jesus. Currently, her family serves in Abbeville, Louisiana, where she continues to grow in her call to serve and evangelize.
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The true story of Father Ignacio María Doñoro, a Spanish priest who paid $25 to save a boy from organ traffickers. A powerful testimony of faith, sacrifice, and the fight against one of today’s greatest human tragedies.
This morning, the Holy Father Leo XIV received in audience the participants of the General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies.
This is the text of the catechesis and appeal from Pope Leo XIV's first general audience, given in Italian May 21, 2025 in the Paul VI Hall.
"With the light and the strength of the Holy Spirit, let us build a Church founded on God’s love, a sign of unity, a missionary Church that opens its arms to the world, proclaims the word," Pope Leo XIV said during his installation Mass on May 18.
On Sunday, May 11, Pope Leo XIV led the prayer of the Regina Coeli from the central balcony in St. Peter's Basilica, overlooking a crowd of 100,000 gathered to pray with him.
The Catholic community is alive, beautiful and strong, and it is up to its pastors to protect and nourish the faithful and to help bring God's hope to the whole world, Pope Leo XIV said.
The man once known as Robert Prevost — a quiet, thoughtful Augustinian with decades of missionary experience in Peru — is Pope Leo XIV.
The Pontifical Mission Societies in the USA rejoices in the historic election of the first pontiff from the United States of America, Leo XIV, Chicago native Robert Cardinal Prevost
Through his personal care for missionary priests, Pope Francis showed that the Church’s heart beats strongest where the Gospel is just beginning to take root.
