Brazil: “Justiça nos Trilhos” receives the 2018 Human Rights and Business Award
Justiça nos Trilhos (Justice on the Rails) has just received in Geneva, the new Human Rights and Business Award. Justiça nos Trilhos is an organisation – supported also by the Comboni Missionaries – working closely with local communities in remote parts of Brazil – including indigenous peoples, peasants, and Afro-descendants – to address human rights and […]
Dr. Denis Mukwege. A Nobel Peace Prize for Africa
Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic State in Iraq, Nadia Murad, have won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for their work and commitment to fighting sexual violence in conflicts around the world. The award, which will be presented at a ceremony in Oslo on December […]
South Africa. The art of changing
The Imbali Visual Literacy project, an NGO started thirty years ago to find creative work for the talented children of the more disadvantaged black families. We visit the place. The morning sunlight streams through the windows of the old building and lights up the table around which seven black boys and girls are sitting. The […]
Father Tom Uzhunnalil: “I have witnessed the power of prayer”
Father Tom Uzhunnalil, the priest who was kidnapped in 2016 and held captive for 18 months by terrorists in Yemen, said that his ability to persevere “was thanks to the prayers of everyone” who interceded for him. He tells us his experience. “Prayer is the best thing that God has given us and can […]
Dr. Evan Atar Adaha. “Doing anything extraordinary”
Last month, Dr. Evan Atar Adaha, surgeon and medical director at a hospital in Bunj, South Sudan, received the U.N. Refugee Agency’s Nansen Refugee Award, in recognition of his more than 20 years of providing medical care for displaced people and refugees. He carries out up to 10 operations a day, spending hours on […]
Pope Francis. Sharing the Wisdom of Time.
Pope Francis in a new book is calling for an alliance between the young and elderly: “Young people need the dreams of the elders so they can hope in a future. Older people and young people move forward together, and they need each other”. In his Preface, Pope Francis writes: “Only the testimony of the […]
Tunisia. A revolution on two wheels
In Tunis, the capital, an association is proposing the use of the bicycle instead of public means of transport, a proposal that promotes a change in the customs and culture of the population. A wind of change is blowing in the streets of Tunis: a Velorution (combining velo, meaning bicycle and revolution), an international movement […]
People & Herbs. Brassica oleracea (“Sukuma wiki”)
Scientifically known as Brassica oleracea, collard greens is very similar to kale plant and does not have the usual close-knit core of leaves (a “head”) like cabbage. Collards have been eaten for over 2,000 years and are enjoyed worldwide as a staple part of different cuisines in some parts of South America, southern Europe, South […]
Albania: why do we want to be part of Europe?
The Council of the EU has agreed to open membership negotiations with Albania in June 2019. The Bishop of Rrëshen, Mgr Gjergj Meta, explains why the Albanians want to become part of the EU at a time when the UK is preparing to leave. To us Albanians, European Union membership is not merely a technical […]
Colombia. Fr. Narváez: “Patience and forgiveness are needed for lasting peace”
Two years ago, the Colombian government and the FARC signed a revised peace deal which put an end fifty years of civil war. After four years of formal peace negotiations, the Colombian Government signed a final peace accord with the FARC in November 2016, which was subsequently ratified by the Colombian Congress. The accord called […]
