Restore Our Earth So We Can Live
The youth see the environmental destruction in all aspects of our lives – the air we breathe, the forest destruction, the polluted oceans, the climate change that is upon us and the pandemic- all a result of human neglect, greed and power play for riches and dominance of the Earth. This young generation wants it […]
Reflection: With the Flute, on the back of the Buffalo
Eastern religious traditions, specifically Zen Buddhism, present the spiritual journey of the human person to reach spiritual enlightenment in ten images. An experience that teaches many things this season, which in many ways is transitional. Attributed to the 12th-century Chinese Buddhist master, Kakuan Zenji, through this journey, the Buddhist master accompanies his disciple and evaluates […]
Oral Literature: The Leopard and The Hare
Once upon a time, there was some trouble between a leopard and a hare. The leopard had cheated the hare of his goat. As the leopard could not find the means to repay the hare, the leopard asked the hare to go with him to visit some kinsfolk on an island where he might obtain […]
Ghana: A New Chance at Life
In a rural diocese of Ghana, the Church works to give hope to many children. “I was about four or five … I came here because I was accused of witchcraft and I was condemned by my family and my community”, said Sarah, aged 12. When Sarah was four years old, she was wrongly implicated […]
Mission Diary: Being a journalist in my own country is not easy
After living away from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for ten years, Brother Lwanga Kakule Silusawa was sent back to his country. He had just completed a career in journalism in Spain where he had been, among other things, an editor of the Spanish Comboni mission magazine, Mundo Negro. He tells us his story. […]
DR Congo: Giving Dignity and Independence
The Daniel Comboni House of the Comboni Missionary Sisters is a structure that assists the social rehabilitation of young women so that they can manage their own lives independently and with dignity. We visited the House. Daniel Comboni Social House is found in the Kimbondo quarter on the outskirts of Kinshasa. Originally, the Comboni Sisters […]
Oral Literature: the Tortoise, the Dog and the Farmer
Once upon a time, there was famine in the land of the animals because the dry season had extended more than usual. There was no rain in the land and every animal was looking rather thin and unhealthy because very limited food was available. However, the tortoise observed that his friend the dog was looking […]
Vatican: the Catholic Church in Numbers
The Annuario Pontificio 2021, and the ‘Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae 2019’, edited by the Central Statistics Office of the Catholic Church have been just published. The Annuario Pontificio reveals several new aspects of the life of the Church in the world in 2020. During this time period two metropolitan Sees and four episcopal Sees (2 dioceses […]
Herbs & Plants: Warburgia salutaris, a healthful plant
The importance of medicinal plants in primary health care systems to treat and manage various disease conditions cannot be underestimated. Warburgia salutaris (G.Bertol.) Chiov (Family Canellaceae); whose common name is ‘pepperbark tree’, is one of the highly commercialized medicinal plant trees. It has been documented in many folkloric and ethnobotanical studies conducted in east, central […]
Brunei Catholic Church: ‘the periphery within the periphery’
A small Catholic population. The seven pastoral priorities. Living under Sharia Law. Cardinal Cornelius Sim, apostolic vicar of Brunei talks about his community. Last November, Pope Francis made mons. Cornelius Sim apostolic vicar of Brunei, a cardinal. “For me, it was a bit of a shock and unexpected,” said mons. Sim. “I think this appointment’s […]
