Paolo Manna

Paolo Manna (16 January 1872 – 15 September 1952) was the founder of the Pontifical Missionary Union.

Quotes

• Missionaries, also from the human viewpoint, have been excellent people... but neither brilliance nor prudence, nor courage have made them great in our eyes and the eyes of God. They have been great, they have saved many souls, they have founded Churches, mainly because they were holy men, that is, spiritual men. This is the secret, the soul of their zeal, their perseverance and their success; this is the solemn teaching they have handed down to us and which I love to remind you of.
  • “Holiness is the Soul of Mission” Press Office of the Holy See

Quotes about Paolo Manna

• 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.
  • Pope Francis, Pope at the Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies: "We need to grow in evangelical passion (6 June 2016) Fides News Agency