In response in some requests regarding the celebration of World Mission Day 2020, the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples confirms that it will be celebrated this year at universal level on Sunday 18 October, without variations to the calendar.

In many dioceses the preparation for World Mission Day has been underway for some time and the missionary animation of the People of God remains pre-eminent.  Indeed, faith by its very nature is missionary, and the celebration of World Mission Day serves to keep this essential dimension of the Christian faith alive in all the faithful.

The Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples also relies on the sense of communion and co-responsibility of the bishops for the collection on that Day in favour of the Pontifical Mission Societies, which work in a universal context for the equitable support of the Churches in mission territories.