Extreme Heat: The Price paid by Africa
Food prices are rising in areas hit by drought, due both to poor harvests and the international crisis. The Horn of Africa is experiencing one of the most severe droughts in recent history, with over 15 million people suffering from severe food insecurity in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. Food prices are rising in many areas […]
Reflection: To Protect and Celebrate Life
Every day we have to recognize and celebrate the miracle of life itself on this unique planet with millions of diverse amazing creatures making up wondrous biodiversity that exists nowhere else in the known universe. How blessed we are to exist at all. We are still unsure of exactly how life came to be, how […]
Algeria: Brotherhood is the new frontier of humanity
The Mediterranean as a meeting place. Brotherhood as a sign of life. The canonization of Charles de Foucauld. The new archbishop of Algiers, Msgr. Jean-Paul Vesco speaks to us. From the terrace of his office, he sees this large blue expanse where one’s gaze is lost in the distance. This great sea, the Mediterranean. He […]
The Youth Corner: Prioritizing What Is Most Important
Vocation is a gift that is discerned and realized little by little, relying on someone’s help in the journey of self-discovery, in the options, and in the commitment to love and be a generator of life in favour of humanity. These days, everyone is busier than usual. The pandemic, which brought isolation and so many […]
Herbs & Plants: Cola acuminata – The beverage flavouring plant
It is an evergreen tree, native to tropical Africa especially West Africa. It usually grows to an average of about 13-20 meters in height with a diameter of about 50 cm. The plant produces a star-shaped fruit which contains between 2-5 kola nuts. About the size of a chestnut, this little fruit is packed with […]
Tana’s Sandals
She never once bought an ice cream. She never had a day off. She has always worked. But she wants to celebrate her birthday. A Guatemalan migrant struggles to live and survive. She looks at her fingers and hands chapped by 24 years spent cleaning restaurants and shopping malls with chemical cleaners. Originally from Camotán, […]
Towards the 2023 Synod: The challenge of listening
Listening means taking on board the new geometry of the Church: circular, horizontal, “multifaceted”, decentralised, itinerant and non-static, with a centre of gravity beyond its boundaries… The synodal journey, in the intention of Pope Francis, is a call to renew our being Church, through a method of profound listening to the joys and hopes, sadness […]
Pope Francis to the Comboni Missionaries: “Sharing with you the passion for Evangelization”
On the morning of Saturday 18th June, Pope Francis received the participants of the General Chapter of the Comboni Missionaries. Here is what he said to them. I am happy to meet you. I thank the Superior-General for the words he has addressed to me on behalf of all of you who participate in the […]
The Youth Corner: Crises and Opportunities
Vocation opens doors to becoming a fully realized person. It is also a meeting point between God and humanity. Vocation challenges us from the first moment we think of it: be it the very concept of vocation, or all the dynamics proper to the vocation. On the one hand, vocation is a call from God; […]
Oral Literature: Hippopotamus and Elephant, test their Strength
In days of old when animals roamed more freely across the African continent, Elephant, Hippopotamus and Hare chose to live on an island. Elephant was an old bull who lived alone in the woodland area on the west side of the island, where grass, bushes and trees were plentiful. Hippopotamus preferred to live on the […]
