Philippines: A Lawyer to the Poor
“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 […]
Zambia: Love Learning
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: Catholic Bishops Urge for True Peace
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 […]
Thailand: Caffè Bruno: A really nice cup of coffee
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: Comboni Missionary sisters in a tea plantation
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 […]
South Sudan: Acute Food Insecurity
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 Message for Lent: Pope Francis: “the desert of creation” to make it “once more a garden.”
“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 […]
Our Planet: What We Can Do
Human society, of which we are all a part, is facing an environmental catastrophe unprecedented in history. The planet is in dire condition and ecosystems that keep all species of plant, animal and insects in harmonious co-existence ensuring the survival of all are moving quickly toward collapse. This is due to the non-stop man-made industrialisation […]
European Bishops’ call to vote: “Building the EU is the duty of all citizens”
The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community released a document that addresses the upcoming European elections of May 23-26. Church support to the “Common European Home”, even though it’s not perfect. The human person at the centre of political life. Necessary reforms and a set of key-issues: family, migration, development and rights. […]
Save the Children Report: War on Children
A new report commissioned by Save the Children – an international children’s charity – has revealed that 420 million children, or nearly one in five worldwide, lived in “areas affected by armed conflict and war”. According to a release from Save the Children (STC), today’s conflicts are usually “protracted, urban and fought among civilian populations.” […]
