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A very hectic and exciting life, in a wide range of areas. Committed to various forms of human endeavour. Fond of interacting communication among young people. Engaged in development projects and human promotion programmes. And much more. Always with a single intent: to be a herald of brotherhood among people. Brother Friedbert Tremmel, from Germany, […]

The Pontifical Yearbook 2019 and the Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae 2017, compiled by the Central Office of Church Statistics, has been just published by the Vatican Press.  From the data reported we can draw information on the life of the Catholic Church in the world, starting from 2018. The percentage of Catholics in the world has

Burdened by growing energy dependence, an increasing number of countries have chosen to concentrate policies and investments in renewable sources. The increase in population which, according to various estimates, is due to double the population of Africa by 2050, creates great pressure on energy demands and imposes new policies and investments to increase energy production.

“Avoid corruption and help the poor who need legal services,” is a life principle of Nelson B. Borja, 71, a senior trial lawyer specialising in criminal cases, who distinguished himself for providing free legal service to the poor. “As a lawyer, it is also my wish to make a humble contribution for the improvement of our

The Comboni School is breathing new life in the community. At the end of a worn-down dirt road near the border with Malawi lies Chama, a small town in Zambia. Like much of Africa, Zambia’s weather fluctuates between a dry season and rainy season. From December to January, heavy rains transform Zambia’s arid land into

South Sudan’s peace deal is fatally flawed, the country’s bishops said as they committed the church to helping forge new negotiations. They also recommended a series of measures to end the conflict. “While South Sudan’s main warring parties signed a deal in September to end the five-year civil war that killed almost 400,000 people and

Love for the people and the youth of ethnic minorities has borne fruit in the form of Caffè Bruno, a new brand of coffee now well-known and available throughout Thailand. Chae Hom is a plateau surrounded by mountains and is located in the province of Lampang in the north of the country. Agriculture is the

Sri Lanka is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the south eastern coast of India. Since March 2012, the Comboni Missionaries are present in this country with a community in Talawakelle, the mountainous heart of the country, a paradise between tea plantations and waterfalls. In Talawakelle, the small town where we, four

Nearly 7 million people in South Sudan could face acute food insecurity at the height of this lean season (May-July), three United Nations agencies has warned recently, urging for scaled-up humanitarian assistance and better access to humanitarian relief. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report has released recently in Juba by the Government of

“The path to Easter demands that we renew our faces and hearts as Christians through repentance, conversion and forgiveness, so as to live fully the abundant grace of the paschal mystery”. Pope Francis wrote this in the final part of his message for Lent, noting that this “longing”, this “expectation” of creation, “will be fulfilled