A missionary project that could be summed up in an expression which is itself the indication of his boundless trust in the human and religious capacities of the African peoples: “Save Africa through Africa”

Daniel Comboni was born at Limone Continue reading →

He spent his entire life for the missionary cause. Father Manna took the first steps towards the foundation of the Missionary Union of the Clergy (today PUM), which Pope Pius XII called “the gem of his life.”

Paolo Antonio Manna Continue reading →

To bring the Gospel to those who had yet to hear it was a fundamental feature of the apostolic activity of Archbishop Guido Maria Conforti, founder of the Xaverian Missionaries, 

Guido Maria Conforti was born on March 30th 1865, Continue reading →

He had only thirteen years of active ministry, but he became one of France’s most important nineteenth-century missionary voices.

Jagel Libermann, a descendant of a Polish Jewish family, was on his way to becoming a second-generation rabbi when he was Continue reading →

He was a passionate and far-sighted humanitarian, never far from controversy, but possessing a strong faith in the ability of African Christians to carry out the effective evangelization of their continent.

Charles Martial Allemand Lavigerie, Cardinal Archbishop of Algiers and Continue reading →