South Sudan: A great heart with great faith
A poor woman takes a foreign mother into her house and looks after her sick daughter. She goes to the church and asks the missionary to pray that the child gets well. In the eyes of many, Nyamuone is a woman of little account. Her husband abandoned her because, in his opinion, she was unable […]
Journey in to Monasticism and Monasteries in Ethiopia
If it is true that the Christian Europe of the Middle Ages was shaped by monasticism, more so it can be said of the Ethiopian Christianity. Ethiopia converted to Christianity around the year 330 through the work of two Syrian young brothers who were taken prisoners in the Red Sea and brought to the court […]
South Sudan: “We are on the way”
Father Jean Paolo Pezzi, director of Justice and Peace office of the Comboni Missionaries based in the United States has just visited the country. I sent this report. The Sudan Airlines’ 737 rolls on the Wau’s runway. I look down while the land widens towards the horizon, painting mangos and acacias trees on the grey […]
Destruction and death left by tropical cyclone Idai in southern Africa
After more than three weeks since cyclone Idai hit southern Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi still live in extreme emergency conditions. According to Caristas in Mozambique, the official number of deaths in Mozambique alone has risen to 520. The first reception centres for the homeless has given hospitality to 110 thousand people. It is estimated […]
Pope Francis: “Make your youth worthwhile”
Published April 2, Christus vivit (Christ lives) is Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the Synod of Bishops on young people, faith, and vocational discernment, which took place Oct. 3-28, 2018. In the apostolic exhortation, Francis explained that “becoming an adult does not mean you have to abandon what is best about this stage of your […]
Franciscan friar from Kenya wins Global Teacher Prize
Peter Tabichi, a member of the Franciscan religious order, has just won the 2019 Global Teacher Prize. Brother Peter, a science teacher from Kenya, has been praised for his achievements in a deprived school with crowded classes and few textbooks. He has been recognises for the “exceptional” teacher’s commitment to pupils in a remote part […]
Ghana: The Great Mosque of Accra
Financed by Istanbul, it also contains other structures: a congress hall, administration offices and a library. The presence of Turkey in Africa is nothing new: educational and social projects and the construction of mosques are being carried out in about thirty African countries. It rises majestically, beautiful and immense. The Accra mosque is the largest […]
Europe in the election year
The European Union finds itself in a contradictory situation in advance of the European Parliament elections in May. The levels of support for the EU are higher than they have been for 25 years. 62 per cent of EU citizens have a positive view of their country’s membership of the EU; this is as high […]
Sub-Saharan Africa: development by rail
With Chinese technical and financial backing, a number of countries – from Tanzania to Angola, from Kenya to Ethiopia, from Nigeria to Ghana – are modernising their railroads and building new lines to move both people and goods more efficiently. The railway system in Africa is undergoing a rebirth. From east to west and […]
Cobalt: Transparency is Obligatory
It is fundamental to reducing dependence on oil. The extraction of cobalt is riddled with abuses and danger, especially in the DR Congo. Cobalt has many uses, most importantly in the production of electric cars to reduce dependence on oil and to combat climate change. However, the production of this mineral is deeply flawed, considering […]