The Youth Corner: Vocation is non-Disposable
Vocation is always a gift for us and for others, a blessing that makes us walk in the construction of a more inclusive and fraternal world. Everyday life is marked by pressures, enticements, opinions, and so many things that seem to converge to deafen us from our own will and silence us from what we […]
Oral Literature: India – The Gecko and the Elephant
The elephant, the leader of the village, was already sound asleep when suddenly a loud, insistent voice made him gasp: Ge-cko… Ge-cko… Ge-cko. After opening his eyes and taking a deep breath, the elephant said: “Gecko, what are you doing here? Why are you walking around my head? It’s the middle of the night. Go […]
FIFA World Cup/Africa: Dreaming Qatar
Cameroon, Morocco, Tunisia, Ghana, and Senegal will represent Africa in Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. They will be led by a local coach. For the first time a Rwandese woman referee has been named to officiate at the men’s World Cup. The Indomitable Lions will make their eighth World Cup appearance in Qatar. […]
Frontier stories: The caress of the wind
Valerio worked in the fields of California for thirty-seven years. He knows grapes, plums, strawberries, mangoes, coriander, horseradish and celery like the back of his hand. He has a hard body and a rough soul, like most of the undocumented immigrants in this country. He is a Tarahumara, originally from Chihuahua, Mexico, but always claims […]
Ethiopia: The Circus, art that gives dignity
Through circus art, Kine Circus helps boys and girls in danger of exclusion to find themselves and have a life plan. “Kine in Amharic has several meanings, including ‘secret’. With our art, we try to convey a message. We talk about the problems that surround us and how to solve them, using the language of […]
Oral Literature: African Myth – The origins of the universe
In the beginning, there was nothing but water everywhere; only in the centre emerged a bit of barren land, buffeted by winds and rain. There were two winds: Musololi, impetuous and bad, and Mutekeleshi, cool and light. One day Musololi blew with extreme violence, raising waves as high as mountains so as to irritate Mutekeleshi. […]
Journeying Together for Climate Justice
The COP27 UN climate change conference will take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, between 6 and 18 November 2022. The conference is expected to bring out various critical aspects of needed action to tackle the climate change crisis. Congolese Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu urged developed nations to lead the way in addressing the current global […]
Catholic Church in numbers
According to the latest edition of the “Church’s Book of Statistics 2022” the number of Catholics continues to grow in the world. To December 31, 2020 the world population was 7.667.136.000, with an increase of 89.359.000 units compared to the previous year. Population growth was registered, even this year, on every continent. Increases were registered […]
Father Albert Nolan: The Challenge of the Gospel
Anti-apartheid activist and internationally renowned theologian, Father Albert Nolan, died in the early hours of October 17. “You have to take sides”. Many will remember him as a hero of the struggle against apartheid, a humble Dominican priest and theologian awarded the national Order of Luthuli by President Thabo Mbeki in 2003. Many more will […]
The Youth Corner: A Shared Journey
Vocation, as a gift of God, seems like a path that we go through with joy, enthusiasm and sharing life with someone who helps us in this process of discernment, fulfilment and happiness. Many words are said and expounded on when one speaks of vocation. Often, these words assume a more religious or clerical tone. […]
