Pope Francis has chosen the Cardinal Archbishop of Manila as the new Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, reflecting the Pontiff's desire for a missionary church and a greater outreach to Asia.

“The missionary movement is firmly enshrined as a key part of our national heritage,” former president of Ireland, Mary Robinson, writes in the Foreword of ‘The Legacy of Irish Missionaries Lives On’.

17 priests, one religious brother, six religious women, a seminarian and a lay person died violently or succumbed to Ebola.

Fr Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann no longer holds political office and expressed the desire to be able to celebrate the Eucharist again before he dies.