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In the south of Madagascar live the Bara, a cluster of 18 ethnic groups that share language and culture. They live in an arid land, where agriculture cannot thrive, and so they developed an economy based on husbandry. They have also developed an interesting relationship with death and the deceased. The Bara claim that death […]

The final document of the synod on young people has just been released. The document consists of 3 parts, 12 chapters, 167 paragraphs and 60 pages. The Rapporteur General, Cardinal Sérgio da Rocha, said that it is “the result of real teamwork” on the part of the Synod Fathers, together with other Synod participants and

At least 12,000 children have returned from armed groups in CAR. Now what? Last September, Central African Republic became the 167th country to ratify the UN child soldier treaty, known by its acronym, OPAC. The government thus committed to outlawing the use of child soldiers. Yet, verified cases of child recruitment quadrupled in 2017 compared

The latest edition of the “Church’s Book of Statistics” published (updated to 31 December 2016) regarding members of the Church, church structures, healthcare, welfare and education. To 31 December 2016, the world population was 7.352.289.000 with an increase of 103.348.000 units compared with the previous year. Population growth was registered on every continent including Europe:

It is an annual or perennial herb with leaves which are deeply 3-5 lobed and arranged alternately on the stems.  The flowers are white to pale yellow with a dark red spot at the base of each petal and have a stout fleshy calyx at the base which becomes more enlarged, fleshy and bright red

She is the first female mechanic in the country. She runs the Garage Saint Michel de Sic with 22 employees. A Sister who understands engines. From early morning, the traffic in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso with its 2.5 million inhabitants, is impressive. There is a concentration of vehicles including many motor cycles called

The World Youth Day (WYD) in Panama will also see the indigenous face of the Church. Over one thousand indigenous youths from world Countries are expected to attend the Indigenous World Youth Day (EMJI) that will take place a few days before the WYD (January 17 to 21) in Soloy, Comarca Ngäbe-Bugle, Diocese of David,

Bamboo (Family Poaceae) produces edible shoots, which sprouts from beside the main bamboo plant. It is known not only to be one of the fastest growing plants in the world but also the largest and tallest in the grass family. Every part of the bamboo plant is of great use in the communities where they

The Karamojong are an ethnic group of agro-pastoral herders living mainly in the north-east of Uganda. We look at their traditional wedding. Before a Karamojong can take a wife, he must first approach his parents and his brothers. Together they will decide how many cows they can spare for the dowry. If their herd is

Returning from Libyan detention, young Gambians try to change the migration exodus mindset. Mustapha Sallah knows all about taking the “back way”, the Gambian expression for migrating to Europe, a journey that for many citizens comes to a brutal halt in a Libyan jail. Having experienced detention first-hand, 26-year-old Sallah he set up, Youths Against