(Vatican News) — To celebrate 400 years since the founding of the Congregation of the Mission of St Vincent De Paul, Pope Francis sends a letter to the Superior General, stressing the founder’s example of service to the poor.
Marking 400 years since the founding of the Congregation of the Mission of St. Vincent de Paul, Pope Francis sent a letter to the Superior General, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič. In it, he stresses how “service to Christ in the poor” brings about a renewal in today’s Church.
This service can take the form of “missionary discipleship and assistance to those in need and the abandoned in the many peripheries of the world.”
