Global Witness. Environmental activists killed. “One every other day”
According to a new report by Global Witness at least 177 land and environmental defenders were killed last year for trying to protect the planet – one person every other day. The new figures bring the total number of defender killings up to 1,910 between 2012 and 2022. The findings come ahead of world governments […]
World Youth Day. After Lisbon. The Seven Steps
In Lisbon, during WYD23, Pope Francis indicated seven important steps that enable the youth to continue their journey. Step 1: Called by name This is how the Pope began his message at the welcoming celebration: “Called because we are loved [by] Him who calls us every day to embrace and encourage; to make each of […]
Pope at Audience: St. Daniel Comboni was full of zeal for Africa
During his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis continues his catechesis series dedicated to apostolic zeal and applauds St. Daniel Comboni’s great zeal and love for Africa, saying he was fuelled by the joy of the Gospel. In his catechesis, the Pope praised St. Comboni’s zeal for Africa which has left an important legacy, noting, “Saint […]
Bible and Mission. Europe’s First Church
“Come to my house and stay” – Read Acts of the Apostles 15: 36–16: 15 Europe’s first church was born “by chance” and it was all feminine. The race of the Word, which started in Jerusalem, reached Judea and Samaria. After the encounter between Peter and Cornelius, some Hellenists from Cyprus and Cyrene, possibly traders, […]
Mission Dairy. The challenges facing a young missionary
He has just recently celebrated his first year in his new parish. Reflections of Father Moses Samuel Huruwella, a young Malawian Comboni missionary. After 13 years of mission in Togo and Ghana, last July, I celebrated my first year in the parish of Chikowa, in the Zambian diocese of Chipata, but located very close to […]
Oral Literature. Anansi, the hunter and the gnome
A long time ago Anansi and his family lived happily in a compound that they shared with a hunter and family. Anansi got on very well with the hunter who was a very good and kind man. The hunter often shared some of the game with Anansi. The kind gesture was returned by Anansi by […]
Vocation Story. Fr. Aldrin. Working together with the people
I am Fr. Aldrin Janito, one of the pioneering Filipino Comboni Missionaries. I was born in Kiamba, South Cotabato, in the south of the country. In June 1991, I started my journey with the Comboni Missionaries. While undergoing my postulancy formation, I also graduated in Philosophy. Then I went to the Novitiate in Calamba, making […]
Mission Dairy. Father José and the Blue Chapel
Father José Vieira, a Portuguese Comboni missionary, tells us about his pastoral visit to a Christian community in Massina, Ethiopia. I used to hear about Massina when I went to celebrate mass at the outstation of Jalahu, at the bottom of a narrow valley beside the Hawata River. My mission was Haro Wato, on the […]
Bible & Mission. All for one and All for All
From the unique solidarity of Christ and from His being ‘one for all’, comes the solidarity of ‘all for one’ and ‘all for all’: that is, a human being is in solidarity with oneself and with all others. Christ represents us all, but He does not replace us: He opens up a new path, which […]
The role of Masato drink in the Peruvian Amazon
Masato is the typical and preferred drink of the Asheninka, the Shipios and other indigenous groups of the Peruvian Amazon. Masato is a fermented drink based on yucca, which is a big tuber also known as cassava, its ancestral name is piarentsi. In some regions of South America, Masato can be prepared with other […]
