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St. Francis told stories that were retold and passed down across generations. They invited hearers to place themselves within the narratives and imagine themselves living in a way more aligned with the Gospel in everyday life.
Rather than imagine St. Francis as some sort of medieval superhero, we would do well to remember his full humanity and lifelong journey of conversion, including the inevitable stumbles and mistakes he made along the way. In this way, he models for us how to embrace an authentic journey of faith.
Eight hundred years after his death, Francis of Assisi’s legacy of poverty, peace, and reverence for nature continues to influence Catholic life worldwide, from the Franciscan order to the papacy’s stance on social and environmental justice.
The Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus have been present in Asia since 1988, focusing on first evangelization, vocation promotion, and formation. Their work prioritizes mission awareness and the formation of new candidates while reaching out to those who have not yet encountered the Gospel.
Building on the presentation of the various branches of the Comboni Family, this text focuses on the Comboni Missionaries, Comboni Secular, and Comboni Lay. These missionaries live a missionary charism, reaching across human and geographical frontiers. They “make common cause” with the most vulnerable and marginalized people.
This article presents the Comboni Family–comprising priests, brothers, sisters, secular and lay–a family whose origins trace back to Saint Daniel Comboni’s vision “Save Africa with Africa.” Here, we focus on the female dimension of the Comboni charism.
A young Iranian convert to Christianity shares his conversion story. He has been granted asylum in France after fleeing what he describes as credible threats to his life. In Iran, leaving Islam can be treated as a capital offense, and converts often face intimidation and violence.
Amid repression and secrecy in modern Iran, one man’s quiet search for truth became a courageous journey of faith. From underground house churches to the isolation of prison, his story reveals the cost and power of Christian faith.
The Assyrian-Chaldean Catholics, loyal to the Bishop of Rome, are one of the oldest Christian communities in Iran. Martyrdom and glory are part of their history.
In the Islamic Republic, the number of people converting to Christianity is significant, despite persecution by a system of “religious apartheid.” The Catholic minority (Assyrian-Chaldeans, Armenians, and those of the Latin rite) continues to “maintain a presence”. In the midst of a new war, they are praying for democracy, freedom, and peace.
Foreigners will leave but the problems of inequality and poverty will stick around. Foreigners have become a scapegoat for the mess created by years of corruption in government.
The encyclical emphasizes that AI should not jeopardize the ability for interpersonal relationships. The fact that AI introduces additional intermediaries into human relationships can pose a risk of dehumanization.
Pope Leo’s courageous stance showed his posture as universal leader of the Church. His interventions against this war positioned him as a pastor, rather than a politician, advocating for peace and the defense of human life.
The French geneticist who discovered the extra chromosome behind Down Syndrome devoted his career to using genetics to heal, not to eliminate, even as his discovery was tragically repurposed to justify prenatal eugenics. His courageous witness earned him papal honors and lasting admiration.
Goodbyes are bittersweet and never easy, yet for missionaries, they become sacred acts of trust–entrusting loved ones to God while embracing His call. We hold on to God's promise: “I am with you always.”
The central message of Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas can be expressed in a single principle: The human person must remain above every machine, every algorithm, every market incentive, and every technological system.
Franciscan catechists carry out their ministry in some of Manila’s most vulnerable communities. Over the years, their presence and accompaniment have helped steer many children away from crime, contributing to a decline in petty offenses such as pickpocketing and snatching in the communities they serve.
One path leads toward gradual irrelevance–a Church respected for its history yet increasingly distant from the lives of ordinary people. The other path is more demanding. It requires personal conversion, institutional renewal, synodal listening, courageous witness, and creative evangelization.
Christian mission history reveals the acceptance of the faith by remarkable persons in equally special circumstances; three unique examples of native faith-filled women provide inspiration and hope.
If you, as a citizen of your country, were to decide who to cast your vote for in elections, what do you look for in a leader worthy of your vote? Can you cite the qualities and characteristics of a good leader?
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The articles and content from the July 2026 Issue
The articles and content from the July 2026 Issue
The encyclical emphasizes that AI should not jeopardize the ability for interpersonal relationships. The fact that AI introduces additional intermediaries into human relationships can pose a risk of dehumanization.
This article presents the Comboni Family–comprising priests, brothers, sisters, secular and lay–a family whose origins trace back to Saint Daniel Comboni’s vision “Save Africa with Africa.” Here, we focus on the female dimension of the Comboni charism.
Building on the presentation of the various branches of the Comboni Family, this text focuses on the Comboni Missionaries, Comboni Secular, and Comboni Lay. These missionaries live a missionary charism, reaching across human and geographical frontiers. They “make common cause” with the most vulnerable and marginalized people.
The Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus have been present in Asia since 1988, focusing on first evangelization, vocation promotion, and formation. Their work prioritizes mission awareness and the formation of new candidates while reaching out to those who have not yet encountered the Gospel.
Catholic Social Teaching has now, with Pope Leo’s encyclical letter Magnificent Humanity, been fully brought to the forefront of Catholic doctrine, thus enabling it to apply its Gospel-based principles more effectively to the many life-and-death situations.
Rooted in bayanihan, utang na loob, and malasakit, Filipino families remain strong but rising poverty, online abuse, and institutional neglect now threaten the very values that once held communities together.
Pope Leo XIV stands as a lighthouse in the storm, reclaiming peace as justice. Using soft power and hard conscience, our American pontiff uses the Augustinian diplomacy of truth, unity, and love in contemporary geopolitics.
Sr. Eva Fidela Maamo worked as a missionary surgeon in remote communities across the Philippines. In her later years, she began preparing others to take her place, training volunteers to carry on her work so the poor would not be left without care when she could no longer serve.
Inspired by the examples of ordinary people such as Gideon, Jephthah and Moses-who discovered strength in their limitations-Archbishop Menamparampil advises young priests, religious and missionaries to nurture attitudes of patience, kindness and acceptance of humiliation.
The desire to serve one’s neighbors and engender authentic hope in people can be realized through numerous forms of dedicated service in a variety of public positions; three examples readily come to mind.
One gives the steps, the other gives the dance. And when the Filipino people offer their gifts generously–through faith, resilience, service, and compassion–the Church in the Philippines becomes a living garden of the Spirit where God continues to bring hope to the world.
A vocation is a call that God extends to us, despite our mistakes and limitations, to which we are invited to respond with readiness, generosity, and joy. This was the process experienced by the apostle Peter.
Please mark the correct answer with an ‘x’ and submit your responses to the editor via email at wm.editor@gmail.com. The winner will be selected from those who have submitted all correct answers and will receive a six-month subscription to World Mission.
Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas offers AI developers a valuable anthropological contribution as they design systems with which human beings interact at a deeply personal level, according to Taylor Black, Microsoft’s Director of AI and Venture Ecosystems.
During his address to representatives of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Pope Leo XIV invited the entire Church to participate in World Mission Sunday.
The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development announced the theme chosen by Pope Leo XIV for the 2026 celebration of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, to be held on September 1, as “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks” (Isaiah, 2:4).
A forum of Philippine organizations, including the Catholic-affiliated “Church People-Workers Solidarity” (CWS) and unions such as Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) and the National Federation of Labor Unions, is calling for the protection of workers’ dignity and rights in the face of economic crises and the emergence of technologies like artificial intelligence that could replace humans.
The goings-on happening in the world today.
The goings-on happening in the world today.
The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar has described the xenophobic violence against migrants that has been plaguing South Africa since April as the “denial of universal fraternity and of the Africa we want.” Because of this situation, thousands of migrants are returning to their countries of origin.
The return of the El Niño climate phenomenon is alarming scientists and international organizations, who fear a combination of extreme heat, declines in agricultural production, and worsening hunger in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions.
A forum of Philippine organizations, including the Catholic-affiliated “Church People-Workers Solidarity” (CWS) and unions such as Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) and the National Federation of Labor Unions, is calling for the protection of workers’ dignity and rights in the face of economic crises and the emergence of technologies like artificial intelligence that could replace humans.
The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development announced the theme chosen by Pope Leo XIV for the 2026 celebration of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, to be held on September 1, as “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks” (Isaiah, 2:4).
During his address to representatives of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Pope Leo XIV invited the entire Church to participate in World Mission Sunday.
Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas offers AI developers a valuable anthropological contribution as they design systems with which human beings interact at a deeply personal level, according to Taylor Black, Microsoft’s Director of AI and Venture Ecosystems.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) wants a humanitarian corridor to be established in the Strait of Hormuz to remove merchant ships stranded in the Persian Gulf due to the conflict in the Middle East.
Catholic leaders from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, Oceania and Europe presented the ‘Manifesto of the Churches of the Global South for Our Common Home: Towards Peace with Creation–An Urgent Call for a Just Transition Beyond Fossil Fuels’.
The Catholic Church in Laos marked a historic milestone with the ordination of its first native Redemptorist priests, a development seen as a sign of quiet but steady growth in one of Southeast Asia’s smallest Christian communities.
Organizers of the World Youth Day 2027 have named five patron saints whose lives reflect persecution, migration, and social struggle, presenting them as guides for young people preparing for the global gathering.
The Catholic Church in Flores, eastern Indonesia, has intensified its efforts to combat human trafficking following the rescue of 13 young women who allegedly suffered exploitation at a nightclub in Sikka Regency.
While Vatican data has recorded some growth in vocations in Africa, it has not matched the wider growth of the Church on the continent leaving some areas severely short of clergy.
Pope Leo XIV will make a ten-day Apostolic Journey to Africa and two others in Europe.
The Catholic Church in Macau is celebrating the 450th anniversary of the papal bull issued by Pope Gregory XIII in 1576, creating the diocese.
Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a special Jubilee Year coinciding with the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi.
