Vatican City (Fides Service) - "Dear young missionaries, I know with what great care and generosity you live this apostolic activity. In so many ways you try to share the lot of the children who are forced to work as children and you help relieve the distress of the children who are in need." This is an excerpt from a special message sent by Pope John Paul II to the Pontifical Mission Society Missionary Childhood, on the occasion of the 160th anniversary of its foundation. See text in English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German at www.fides.org (Fides Service 23/1/2003)