Comboni Missionaries Ireland

Democratic societies are increasingly feeling the challenge of a rising wave of civil discontent with many traditional politicians. They are turning to populist politicians who promise an anti-establishment agenda to create a disciplined crime free or immigration free society. These opportunistic politicians around the world are using the genuine anger of those left behind economically […]

President Donald Trump has ordered construction of a U.S.-Mexican border wall and punishment for cities shielding illegal immigrants. Strong reaction from the Catholic Church. The new American president has signed an Executive Order for the construction of a multibillion-dollar wall to be built along the 2,000 mile U.S-Mexico border, to strip federal funding from ‘sanctuary’

It was very striking to Fr. Jesus Aranda, the new parish priest of Kajo keji Sacred Heart parish in South Sudan, to see a continuous stream of people carrying their belongings towards the border of Uganda. He went to visit them. Why have 50,000 people of the Kajo keji District, maybe more, left their homes?

Karamoja is the name of the Catholic Diocese of Kotido’s radio station. It is a project to give a voice to the people of the region. Dust and the sun beating down, a single straight dirt road cuts the town of 25,000 inhabitants in half – this is Kodito. It is one of the most

The Bijagos, a small ethnic group, are struggling to preserve their cults and autonomy. The Bijago archipelago consists of 88 islands scattered off the coast of the African nation Guinea Bissau. The population is composed mainly of the Bijagó ethnic group, which speaks the Bidyogo language. The archipelago, in 1996, was declared a UNESCO Biosphere

There are 65 million people displaced in the world today. Eleven million people in Syria have been killed or forced to flee. Where have they fled to and where have the been welcome? Believe it or not, the truth is that it is the Middle-Eastern countries that have sheltered most refugees. There are 4.7 million

Listening to everyone “without exception”, “abandoning the rigid attitudes which make the proclamation of the joy of the Gospel less credible” and avoiding “anachronism.” It is the goal of the preparatory document of the Synod for Young People. The Synod will take place in October 2018. We look at the Preparatory Document of the Synod.

Iglesias y Minerías and Repam are two basic ecclesial realities with an eco-theological and ecumenical spirituality which has brought changes for both the society and the Church in Latin America. Vidalina has interrupted her work for a few days at the basic ecclesial communities in El Salvador to travel to Colombia. The coal mines in the

Brazil has the fourth-largest prison population in the world. Hugely overcrowded. Under-guarded and underfunded prisons. Above all in the hands of different gang leaders. “Talking about prisons means talking about a factory of torture, which produces violence and creates monsters. It is a stressful environment and barbarism is constant”, said Father Valdir João Silveira, national