Missionary bishop excited about evangelization effort in South America

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Msgr. Francis X. Blood, director of the archdiocesan Mission Office, right, visited with children and others a few years ago at a program for children with disabilities run by the Catholic Church in Riberalta, Bolivia. The Vicariate of the Pando, dispersed along many rivers and three main towns, is led by native St. Louisan Bishop Morgan Casey. St. Louisans help support him and his outreach efforts.

Bishop Morgan A. Casey, a missionary serving in one of the most remote areas of Bolivia, is excited about an evangelization initiative there.

The Church in Bolivia and other South American countries has established permanent efforts to "go out in mission to look for fallen-away Catholics and nominal Catholics who have been baptized and never practiced the faith to incorporate them actively in the Church," Bishop Casey said in St. Louis last week while visiting friends and relatives.