"The missionary zeal that consumed the Blessed Paolo Manna, and from which sprang the Pontifical Missionary Union, still continues today to inflame, excite, renew, rethink and reform the service that this work is called to offer to the whole Church."
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Pope Francis, Pope at the Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies: "We need to grow in evangelical passion (6 June 2016) Fides News Agency
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Paolo Manna
Paolo Manna (16 January 1872 – 15 September 1952) was the founder of the Pontifical Missionary Union.
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