A World of Mission – August 2025 Highlights

This month, we have collected stories of hope and resilience from across the globe, including Jubilee gatherings, projects and initiatives empowering youth, and appeals for peace amid some of the world’s deadliest conflicts. 

Vatican. Pope Leo urges Catholic influencers to look for the “suffering flesh of Christ” in others at Jubilee of digital missionaries. 

Holy Land. The humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to worsen. Read an emergency fact sheet from Catholic Relief Services. 

Africa. School, vegetable gardens, and livestock farming: the Consolata Missionaries teach a trade to Tanzanian girls in difficult situations. 

Africa. Sudanese youth seek learning pathways amid displacement and limited infrastructure. 

Africa. Southern African bishops reaffirm their support for the South African government’s complaint of genocide in Gaza. 

Asia. Young people from Bahrain travel to Rome for the Jubilee of Youth. 

Asia. Thai missionary in Cambodia urges peace amid border war. 

Asia. A thousand young Koreans in Rome for the Jubilee. 

Latin America. In 2029, the Brazilian Church will host the American Missionary Congress (CAM7) in Curitiba. 

Latin America. The faithful of Chiclayo, Peru celebrate the Conclave document that elected Pope Leo XIV. 

Latin America. New pastoral care center in Paraguay demonstrates local Church’s commitment to the dignity and rights of migrants. 

Europe. Four days for four continents: a look at the world from the “School for Missionary Animators 2025”. 

Europe. St. Camillus Rehabilitation Center in Georgia seeks to change lives. 

Europe. Father Francesco Rapacioli elected Superior General of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME).