More than 1,600 children celebrate World Mission Sunday in Myanmar

Vatican News·Oct 20, 2026 · 6:18 AM CT

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Roughly 1,650 children gathered at Assumption Catholic Church in Twantay Parish, Archdiocese of Yangon, for the centenary of World Mission Sunday on Oct. 18, Radio Veritas Asia reported.

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, presided at the Mass organized by the archdiocese's Pontifical Mission Society.

In his homily he said anyone can be a missionary wherever they live, study and meet others, without waiting to become a priest, sister or adult.

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