St. Pope John Paul II founded the Populorum Progressio Foundation more than 25 years ago. With headquarters in Bogota, Colombia, Populorum Progressio’s mission is to show the Love of God and support of the Holy Father to as many poor communities in Latin America and the Caribbean as possible.
The Catholic Diocese of Damongo in Ghana is transforming lives by evangelizing the poor and empowering communities to foster generational change.
The papal document Pastores Dabo Vobis on the formation of seminarians in preparation for ordination to the priesthood takes its title from Jeremiah 3:15: “I will give you shepherds after my own heart.” Contained within that instruction is a quote from an earlier document of Vatican II which states: “The spiritual gift which priests have received in ordination does not prepare them merely for a limited and circumscribed mission, but for the fullest, in fact, the universal, mission of salvation to the end of the earth.”
Cross Catholic Outreach responded to the devastation caused by two major hurricanes on the southeast coast recently by supporting the Diocese of Raleigh and the Diocese of Charleston after Hurricane Florence, and the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee after Hurricane Michael.
Cross Catholic Outreach continues to win the support and admiration of Catholic bishops throughout the U.S. and beyond.
Cross Catholic Outreach welcomes two new members to our board of directors — Bishop Carl A. Kemme of the Diocese of Wichita and Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of the Diocese of Tyler.