"The Society of the Divine Word (Latin: Societas Verbi Divini), popularly called Verbites or the Divine Word Missionaries, and sometimes the Steyler Missionaries, is a Roman Catholic missionary religious congregation. As of 2020, it consisted of 6,023 members composed of priests and religious brothers working in more than 70 countries. It is the largest missionary congregation in the Catholic Church.Its members add the nominal letters SVD after theit names to indicate membership in the Congregation. The superior general is Paulus Budi Kleden who hails from Indonesia." - (en.wikipedia.org 04.09.2021)
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