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June 27, 2019

Pontifical Missions steps in to provide for orphans of Sri Lankan bombings

Officials look over the damaged St. Sebastian Catholic Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, in the aftermath of the April 21 bombings across the nation.

The Easter bombings in Sri Lanka left the Pontifical Mission Societies in that country responsible for the safety, upbringing and education of 271 children who lost at least one parent to co-ordinated terrorist attacks on Christians and foreign tourists.

Published in International
February 5, 2019

Canadian charities look for help as Nigerian Christians under attack by extremists

A woman in Bayelsa, Nigeria, reads a Nigerian army poster picturing wanted Boko Haram suspects May 19.

OTTAWA – The Pontifical Mission Societies and Aid to the Church in Need are urging Canadians to support Nigerian Christians under attack by Boko Haram and other Islamist extremist groups.

Published in Canada
June 19, 2016

Child missionary group uses baseball to connect Cubans, Americans

Participants and volunteers pose for a photo at the Holy Childhood Association baseball encounter in Cuba in late May. The camp was hosted by a team of professional baseball coaches and Catholic leaders from the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States, which oversees the association.

WASHINGTON – It was the end of a long day of baseball under the late May sun in Santa Clara, Cuba, and Marilyn Santos found an unpainted, dented, wooden baseball bat among the shiny blue and black ones she had brought from the United States.

Published in Features