"However, we know that true peace is spread where men and institutions open up to the Gospel added the Pope -. The month of October reminds us of this fundamental truth through a special liveliness that tends to keep the missionary aspiration alive in every community and to support the work of all those (priests, religious men and women, lay people) who work at the frontiers of the mission of the Church". Then, Benedict XVI recalled that October 21st will be the World Missionary Day, about: "All the Churches for all the world". "The announcement of the Gospel stated the Pontiff remains the first service that the Church owes to mankind to offer the salvation of Christ to the man of our time, humiliated and oppressed in so many ways, and to steer in a Christian direction the cultural, social and ethical changes that are going on across the world". Then, the Holy Father highlighted that, "this year, one further reason gives us a new missionary commitment: the 50th anniversary of Pius XII’s encyclical Fidei donum", which "promoted and encouraged cooperation between the Churches for the mission ad gentes". (continued)
