The Youth Corner: Generating Life in Abundance
The authentic realization of what we are and what we dream of being will allow us to generate life in abundance. We are often tempted to look askance at opinions that are different from our own, and little by little that look of suspicion becomes our way of looking at the people who live around […]
Oral Literature: The colours of hope
On the heights of a remote village at the bottom of a valley lived a melancholic girl who had not known her parents, who had died at her birth. Unaware, however, of their end, and thinking of them on the road, she kept hoping that one day she would meet them. In her illusion, the […]
The Birthplace of the Rainbow
Victoria Falls is one of the best known and most spectacular sights in Africa. Its history is lost in the mists of time. We visited this majestic and mysterious birthplace of the rainbow. A 1,737- meter-long crack in the ground blocks the way to the Zambezi, which falls with an impressive drop of up to […]
Morocco: Rabat – Capital of Lights
‘City of Lights’, as Rabat, the administrative capital of Morocco, is called. The name is not prosaic, but full of symbolism to describe a city undergoing a complete metamorphosis that tries to show its mastery while maintaining a balance between tradition and modernity. We visit the city. In recent years Rabat has made an effort […]
Good science made in Africa
More than 300 African researchers have conducted research of considerable scientific and practical impact on variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. “With investment in African human resources, creating the conditions for it to express its potential, the results are there and they are of great scientific depth.” Last September, the journal Science published an article – […]
World Youth Day – Pope Francis: “A new beginning for the young and for humanity”
“I hope and I firmly believe that the experience many of you will have in Lisbon next August will represent a new beginning for you, the young, and – with you – for humanity as a whole”. The World Youth Day will be celebrated in particular Churches on November 20 next and at international level […]
Bishop Damiano Guzzetti: Fr Ambrosoli’s great legacy
It was in Matany hospital that the miracle that led to Father Ambrosoli being beatified took place. Mons Damiano Guzzetti, Bishop of Moroto, underlines what beatification means for the Karimojong people. I was fortunate enough to meet the Blessed Priest and Doctor Joseph Ambrosoli when I was a student in Kampala a few months before […]
Cardinal Oscar Cantoni: Fr Ambrosoli – A Bright Flame
Those who knew him well remember how, during the long African nights, at the hospital of Kalongo, a small light always shone in Father Giuseppe Ambrosoli’s room. That light now shines with a new brightness: it no longer emanates from a lamp but from his whole life, modelled on that of Jesus, the Light of […]
Archbishop Odama: Blessed Fr. Ambrosoli – A Precious Gift
We have asked mons. John Baptist Odama, Archbishop of Gulu in Uganda the meaning of the beatification of Father Joseph Ambrosoli. The beatification of father Joseph Ambrosoli is a blessing not only for the Archdiocese of Gulu, Uganda, where he spent most of his missionary life, nor for Africa alone, the continent he loved deeply, […]
Uganda: A Comboni Father blessed
On 20 November 2022, Comboni Father Joseph Ambrosoli will be beatified in Kalongo in the north of Uganda. “God is love and I am his servant for those who suffer”. “My name is Joseph Ambrosoli. I come from Ronago. I have just qualified as a medical doctor and I want to place my profession at […]
