Each year, Christians around the world gather to mark the beginning of Lent with bowed heads, receiving ashes traced in the shape of a cross on their foreheads. An outward sign of repentance and humility, the distribution of ashes on Ash Wednesday remains one of the most widely observed traditions of Catholics and Christians today.
Across the world, from crowded cities to remote villages, missionaries carry the Gospel to places where Christ’s name is rarely spoken or known. These men and women live out the Great Commission in their everyday lives: spreading the Christian ... Read More
When the 133 cardinal electors gather in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, May 7, to choose Pope Francis’ successor, their number will include two Divine Word Missionary Cardinals. Read More
Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Divine Word Missionaries join the world in prayer to mourn the death of Pope Francis, who passed away Monday at age 88. In our sadness, however, we are grateful for the way he led the Catholic Church for ... Read More
