‘Help Me Help Missionaries’: Pope Leo’s Historic Video Appeal

October 14, 2025 World News

Tolu Owoeye
A teenage girl makes a cross with a palm during the Palm Sunday Mass at Christ the King Catholic Church in Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria, on March 24, 2024.

COMMENTARY: As the Church marks World Mission Sunday on Oct. 19, the Pope links the collection to the Jubilee of Hope and to each Christian’s baptismal call.