The world was created by God so that all could have nourishment: “Food is not something to be consumed, but a gift of God to be shared”. A reflection by Enzo Bianchi, Prior of the Monastic Community of Bose, Italy. God created a world in which the living could live and therefore find nourishment. The …
Church leaders in South Sudan have urged Pope Francis to visit their war-torn country, alongside the Archbishop of Canterbury. Catholic and Anglican bishops from South Sudan, alongside a Presbyterian moderator, met with Pope Francis in the Vatican and urged him to help peace efforts in their homeland. The Pope called Comboni Archbishop of Juba, Paulino …
Over the past twenty years and each week from Thursday afternoon until Saturday at dawn, the roads leading to Cotonou in Benin become the stage for deeply felt and increasingly expensive funeral practices. A long procession of cars which follow two police motorcycles with sirens wailing escort a hearse, some cameramen film the parade and …
“Calaca’s taken him” is a Mexican expression that is used when someone dies. Also known as ‘Catrina’, a figure in high heels and a hat is the star of thousands of celebrations throughout the country in November. Here, we examine this character. On the 1st and 2nd of November each year, Mexico celebrates ‘The Day …
Only people who had a long life are remembered by the community. To the Maasai, death is a mystery. They do not like death to occur within the settlement. When an adult approaches their death, he or she will be carried outside the settlement on a cowhide. Someone will stay with the dying person until …
The City of the Dead, known also simply as Al-Qarafa (The Cemetery), is what the inhabitants of Cairo call this extreme place on the border between the countryside and the city, between the living and the dead. It is the largest cemetery in Egypt and home to hundreds of thousands of ‘souls in the flesh’. …
The Holy Father has nominated a Comboni Father, Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, as Bishop of Tarma, Peru. Until his appointment, Father Luis Alberto has been provincial superior of the Comboni Missionaries province of Peru-Chile as well as vice-president of the Conference of Religious Major Superiors in Peru. Father Luis Alberto is 50 years old and …
A Comboni Missionary Is The New Bishop Of Tarma, Peru Read More »
The Agüizotes Feast is celebrated on the last Friday of October. Ghosts, which have struck the imagination of children, young people, and adults for centuries, come out and walk about the dark alleys of the city of Masaya in the darkness of the night. Los Agüizotes is the festival in Nicaragua where death comes disguised …
Land grabbing literally means taking land by force. The phenomenon is spreading like an oil slick across not only Ghana but also all of Africa. “A huge portion of land has been regularly expropriated for years, and previous crops, chiefly food crops, now produce biofuels,” according to Mgr. John Kwofie, Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana’s fourth …
The Good Shepherd Peace Centre was opened on October 15th in Kit, in the Archdiocese of Juba, by the Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan, Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo. He was assisted by His Exc. Mgr. Paolino Lukudu Loro, Archbishop of Juba, three other Bishops, an Apostolic administrator, and a large number of Diocesan and Religious …
