Vatican City, Nov 30, 2018 / 10:32 am (CNA/EWTN News).- According to the president of the Pontifical Mission Societies, there is a clear link between next October’s focus on missionary work and the synod on the Amazon that makes the convergence of the two events fortuitous.

Pope Francis “underlined this connection between the Extraordinary Missionary Month and the synod for the Amazon,” Archbishop Giampietro Dal Toso told EWTN Friday. “This connection is not a casual one.”