Herbs & Plants: Markhamia lutea – A Powerful Medicinal Plant
An effective treatment for skin infections, sores, and itches. Its common name is Nile tulip. It is an evergreen shrub or small tree of about 15 m in height with a narrow, irregular crown and long tap root. Its bark is light brown with fine vertical fissures and its leaves compound, often in bunches, thin […]
Reflection: Daily Marys
In the Central Latin-American tradition, devotion is strong to Our Lady with the child Jesus in her arms. The people have made it their duty in their daily life. The image of Our Lady among the people leads us to contemplate how motherhood is lived-in working-class quarters inhabited by people with indigenous cultures or other […]
The Youth Corner: Vocation in the Community
To dare to follow a path of integral vocational discernment accompanied by the community is to dare to confront oneself and give a Christian response to the concerns of today’s world. Since History repeats itself, there seems to be inevitable friction between the generations. On the one hand, young people do not accept what is […]
Herbs & Plants: Aerva lanata – A Diverse Medicinal Herb
The continent of Africa is endowed with plenty of important medicinal plants. One of such plants is Aerva lanata (L.) A. L. Juss. ex Schultes (Family Amaranthaceae) which has been used since time immemorial for a number of medical conditions. It is a strangling herb or undershrub that can grow to 90 cm in height. […]
Peru: The Maloca, a Large Communal House
Maloca means communal house, it represents the unity of the Asheninka community, an indigenous people living in the central forest of the Ucayali department in the Atalaya province of eastern Peru. The maloca is a large communal house inhabited by the indigenous of the Amazon. It is a traditional social unit which has cosmogonic and […]
Morocco: The Al Mowafaqa Ecumenical Institute of Theology in Rabat
The Al Mowafaqa Ecumenical Institute of Theology in Rabat, created at the initiative of the only two officially recognised churches in Morocco, the Catholic Church and the Evangelical Church, wants to be a unique experience of ecumenism in the midst of the Islamic community. The Al Mowafaqa Ecumenical Institute of Theology is located in Hassan, […]
Marian Shrines in Africa: The Great Devotion
Many shrines and pilgrimage sites in honour of the Virgin Mary have sprung up throughout the African continent. Seven cases of Marian apparitions have been reported, the most famous and officially recognised is that of Kibeho in Rwanda. An introduction to the main centres of Marian worship in Africa. To date, seven cases of Marian […]
The Youth Corner: Dialogue as a key to discernment
Vocational accompaniment, which is done without fear through dialogue and prayer, seeks to meet with what the person is and what he/she longs to be. Here, the will of God and the human will coincide. The pandemic brought in new habits and new fears. Suddenly, personal communication carries a lot of risks and, without realizing […]
African Alphabets: A Great Cultural Heritage
Africa is probably the place in the world where oral tradition has had the greatest influence on the preservation and transmission of knowledge. The continent has a long tradition of writing which, in some places, has led its inhabitants to develop complex alphabets and ideograms, some of which have been created in relatively recent times. […]
DR Congo: An Oasis of Hope
The Telema Mental Health Centre in Kinshasa is a place where the mentally ill are welcomed and respected. We saw it for ourselves. Many people suffering from mental illnesses live on the streets of Kinshasa. They often have to live off people’s charity and are often exposed to aggression and insults, and they can sometimes disappear […]
