Filipino Diaspora: They Become Modern Apostles Of Evangelisation
Over 10 million Filipinos are living and working overseas. Manila Archbishop Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said “our overseas Filipino migrant workers have become the big missionary presence”. Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) term denotes to Filipinos who are abroad indefinitely as citizens or as permanent or temporary residents of a different country and to those Filipino […]
U.N. Warns Humanitarian Disaster In Southeast Congo
According to the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR, an upsurge of violence in south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is set to cause a “humanitarian disaster of extraordinary proportions”. Congo’s Tanganyika province has seen a sharp escalation of violence since late last year, with new armed groups forming and an increase in attacks and the use of […]
Burkina Faso: Believing In The Future By Betting On Agriculture
Land grabbing and the scarce revenue generated by agriculture are forcing Burkinabe farmers off their land. The De La Salle Brothers in Burkina Faso have launched a project called the Lasallian Centre for Training in Agricultural Skills (CLIMA) in order to make agriculture, the primary sector in the country, attractive. CLIMA’s Brother Director, Abel Dembelé, […]
A History Made Of Names
The work we are doing as Comboni Missionaries and Comboni Lay Missionaries in the concrete situation of migration is essentially accomplished by networking with associations, organisations and movements, both ecclesial and social, involved in this area in recognising and defending the rights of immigrants and refugees. Since September 2013, the port of Palermo, Sicily, has […]
Uganda: The Ganda Tradition
The Baganda or Ganda are the largest single ethnic group in Uganda representing approximately 20% of Uganda’s total 34.7 million population. They occupy the central part of the country, which was formerly called the Buganda province. They are a Bantu-speaking people and their language is called ‘Luganda’. We look at some traditional aspects of this […]
South Sudan: Hundreds Of Children Released By Armed Groups
More than 300 children, 87 of them girls, were released by armed groups in South Sudan today, beginning a process that is expected to see at least 700 children freed in the coming weeks. It was the first release of children by any armed groups in South Sudan in more than year. “This is a […]
South Sudanese Bishop Paride Taban Wins Prestigious Four Freedoms Award
South Sudanese Bishop, Paride Taban, will receive the Freedom of Worship Award, one of the Four Freedoms Awards presented every other year in Middelburg, the Netherlands. This year’s awards will be presented in Middelburg on the 16th May. Han Polman, Chairman of the Roosevelt Foundation, said that Bishop Taban will receive the award for his […]
Brazil: Being A Church That Goes Forth
A Church that is attentive to the situation of the people. Pastoral decisions that may help a community to grow in a ministerial and missionary dimension. We talk about these matters with Mons. Odelir José Magri, the Comboni Bishop of Chapecó in southern Brazil. Four years have passed since Pope Francis appointed him bishop of […]
Digital In 2018: Africa’s Internet Users Increase By 20%
An annual report released by global digital agencies, ‘We Are Social’ and ‘Hootsuite’, reveals that Africa has seen the fastest growth rates in internet penetration, with the number of internet users across the continent increasing by more than 20% compared to 2017. The ‘Digital in 2018’ report shows that over half of the world’s population […]
Burkina Faso: ‘The Ants Can Carry An Elephant’
The Mossi are the most numerous ethnic group in Burkina Faso with 6.2 million members making up 40% of the population. Mossi wisdom notes.. For the Mossi, wisdom consists in respecting traditional practices and customs. ‘If you go to a village and find everyone walking heads down, do the same yourself, and do not ask […]
