id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt _005195462 Catholic Church. Pope (1939-1958 : Pius XII). Evangelii praecones : Encyclical letter of His Holiness Pope Pius XII :to our venerable brethren, patriarchs, primates, archbishops, bishops and other local ordinaries enjoying peace and communion with the apostolic see, on promoting Catholic missions. 1951 .txt text/plain 10390 410 62 As We remarked in an audience on June 24, 1944, to the directors of the Pontifical Missionary Work; “The Catholic missionary movement both in Christian and pagan lands has gained such force and momentum and is of such proportions as perhaps was never witnessed before m the annals of Catholic missions.”3 2. In 1926 the number of Catholic missions amounted to 400, but today it is almost 600. cache/_005195462.txt txt/_005195462.txt