VATICAN CITY, OCT 24, 2004 (VIS) - The Holy Father, in reflections made before reciting the noon Angelus, reminded the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square that today is World Mission Day, which is "dedicated to prayer and concrete support for missions" and "invites all believers to strengthen their own responsibility in announcing the Gospel to all peoples."
"I wish to send very cordial greetings and express a profound thank-you to all missionaries committed to evangelization. I would like to assure them of a special remembrance in my prayers. In a special way, I am thinking about all those who crowned their work of witnessing to Christ and serving mankind with the sacrifice of their lives."
"May Mary, the Queen of Missions, obtain the gift of many vocations to mission life everywhere in the Church."
ANG/WORLD MISSION DAY/... VIS 20041025 (150)
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