AsiaNews, Piero Gheddo (dean of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions in Milan): This is not good news for us missionaries ad gentes and the Italian Church. The superiors of Italy’s missionary institutes have decided to end the publication of the Ad Gentes journal. Established in 1997, it was the only Italian language publication expressly dedicated to the missio ad gentes, other than those put out by individual missionary institutes.
Why is it closing? As far as I can tell, there are two reasons: Read what this missioner has to say about the demise of missionary institutes over the past fifty years.
