SW News: During a meeting with representatives of missionary congregations of Italian origin, Pope Francis said that without the joy of the Gospel one cannot be a missionary. Holy Father encouraged them to promote the missionary transformation of the Church’s life and pastoral activity. The Pope said it is necessary to rediscover the mysticism of mission in all its fascinating beauty, and a thirst for communion with Christ through witness, which their founders experienced, leading them to give themselves totally. Holy Father thanked the missionary men and women congregations for their dedication to their vocation.