Archbishop Franco Moscone presides over prayer vigil

Archbishop Franco Moscone presided over a prayer vigil at the Cathedral of Manfredonia to mark the 100th World Missionary Day. The vigil commemorated the centenary of the day, which Pope Pius XI established in 1926.

During the service, Archbishop Moscone noted the coincidence of the centenary with the 100th anniversary of the Pio XI Seminary in Molfetta, an institution created by the same pope to train clergy for the Puglia region. He observed that while the day was originally conceived when European nations primarily sent missionaries to other continents, the movement of the Church has since changed to allow for mission work flowing in the opposite direction.