Kenya. Keram. The Board Game
People living on the coasts of the Indian Ocean have long been connected by trade. Indian, Persian and Arab merchants sailed along the coasts to buy and sell their wares. They also founded a string of outposts, some surviving to this day. It goes without saying that, through the centuries, there have been intermarriages and […]
Mission Diary. Ecuador. Sharing life with our people
Father João Mponda, a young Comboni missionary from Mozambique, shares his vocational experience and the evangelization work he is carrying out in Ecuador, the country in Latin America where he has been for a year. I was born into a Catholic family, but it had never crossed my mind to dedicate my life to the […]
Reflection. The Green Pope: Francis & The Ethic of Responsibility
We have become accustomed to warnings that TV news reports from war zones may be disturbing. They usually are distressing. But so are reports on the consequences of climate change. And they come without such warnings despite the dire implications of further global warming. On 4 October, St. Francis of Assisi’s feast day, Pope Francis […]
Advocacy & People. Delima Silalahi. Defending traditional forests
She has led a campaign to secure legal stewardship of 17,824 acres of tropical forest land for six Indigenous communities in North Sumatra. Her community’s activism reclaimed this territory from a pulp and paper company that had partially converted it into a monoculture, non-native, industrial eucalyptus plantation. The six communities have begun restoring the forests, […]
Oral Literature. Cheetah and the Rock Dassie
The world was a very pleasant place in which to live. All the animals were friends and although they occasionally had disagreements, they would never think of fighting, or harming one another. Indeed, there was only one thing to be feared – and that was fire. Not the safe, warm fire that Man kept in […]
Belize – Garifuna celebrating the African tradition
Every November 19, the entire nation of Belize turns out to celebrate its rich African tradition. Belize is on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is the only country in Central America where they speak English, even though when you arrive at the Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport in Belize City, you can hear […]
Contradictions and Opportunities at COP 28
It will be held in Dubai and the president will be Al-Jaber who also presides over one of the most important local oil companies. The 28th annual United Nations Climate Conference will be held in Dubai in December, a session that is expected to be rather delicate; 2023 saw an acceleration of extreme climate events […]
Vocation Story. Fr. David: “25 Years That Have Been Worthwhile”
“Experiences with the poor and hungry have given me the strength to continue living my missionary life. The good that I have been able to do is due to the collaboration with so many people. I am so thankful to all”. Father David Domingues a Portuguese Comboni Missionary tells. People say that to commemorate is […]
Advocacy & People. Kenya. Mama Shamsa. “I am a mother to them”
Faced with the violence of criminal gangs that have overwhelmed the lives of many children, the Kenyan activist opened the doors of her home, giving young people an opportunity. A commitment that earned her the Zayed Prize for Human Fraternity 2023. Shamsa Abubakar Fadhil is a Kenyan activist and first president of the National Women’s […]
Reflection. Day of the Dead: The triumph of memory over oblivion
Sr. Helga Leija, a Benedictine Sister of Mount St. Scholastica, lives in Atchison, Kansas. She shares a few thoughts with us. As I walk around our Benedictine monastery in Atchison, Kansas, and see our trees slowly changing their colours for fall, my heart takes me back to the Mexican markets of my youth, where the […]
