Mary Nyaluak Luny, ready to serve in any work that is needed in the Church
Women have played important roles in the Catholic Church in Africa. They are the ones that carry on the most activities in the communities. Many of them are catechists. Mary Nyaluak Luny is involved in the Church’s ministry. She is a 50-year-old widow. Born in Patit, Jagei, she was married while a teenager. After she […]
African Catechists: James Duol Kai, the father and the founder of the Catholic Church in Nuerland
With a new Apostolic Letter Antiquum Ministerium (Ancient Ministry), Pope Francis establishes the lay ministry of catechist. In Africa catechists have been the cornerstone of the church. The beginning of the Catholic Church in the rural areas of Nuerland, in Western Upper Nile, in South Sudan is unique. Hundreds of catechists worked by themselves for […]
Venezuela: The Indios Warao, the ‘boat people’
The Warao indigenous people inhabit the states of Bolívar, Monagas, Sucre and Delta Amacuro in the eastern part of Venezuela. The majority of them lives on the banks of the Orinoco River in the Delta Amacuro. This tribe, which is currently estimated to number about 50,000, is the second-largest indigenous group in Venezuela, after the […]
Oral Literature: The Buffalo and the Bees
It was while grazing one night under the watchful eye of the king of the night and his tribe of stars, that the leader of a herd of very strong buffaloes decided to move to a place where there was better grazing. They journeyed for many days and arrived at a place where life was […]
Malawi: End Plastic Pollution
This year the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, also known as the “Green Nobel Prize” has been awarded to six environmental activists among them Gloria Majiga-Kamoto from Malawi. Around the world, plastic pollution has become a huge problem. In Malawi, each year, 75,000 tons of plastic are produced, of which 80% is single-use. Urbanization and a […]
D.R. Congo: Being together and sharing
Sr. Bernadette Idey, a Congolese Comboni Sister, speaks of her work as a High School headmistress and teacher. My missionary vocation brought me to live in the Middle East, Zambia, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo, my native country, where I have been for five years now. I come from the community of Mungbere, […]
COVID-19 in Africa
Slow vaccine rollout with limited doses. Healthcare systems are not keeping up with the situation. South Africa is facing a third wave. Coronavirus vaccine distribution in Africa is slow and hampered by a lack of supplies, with concerns for the timing of the second doses. Africa’s COVID-19 cases hit a 4.8 million mark with 134,000 […]
Olympics: Refugee Team to compete in Tokyo
29 athletes, 19 men and 10 women (pictured), will make up the Refugee Olympic Team that will compete in Tokyo under the flag of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It is “a message of hope” to the world, said IOC President Thomas Bach, and a way to “raise awareness through sport of the plight of […]
Mexico: the Sacred Mountain
As time pass and cultures evolved, our appreciation to great achievements is enhance with the remaining few that best describes the people or culture that made them. One such achievement is Monte Alban, once the ceremonial capital of Mexico’s Zapotecs who laboured and toiled to create an Olympus in honour of their gods, priests and […]
Mission Diary: the Winds of Arequipa
A Comboni Father Fugain Dreyfus Yepoussa from Central African Republic talked with us about his experience in Peru. “Each day I learn something new from the communities and the families that contribute and enrich my faith.” When I finished my seminary studies in Kinshasa, (DR Congo) in 2015, I returned to my home country of […]