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Ethiopian Bishop Says Acts of Mercy Begin within the Family

Continuing the observation of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, a Bishop in northern Ethiopia reaches out to families to promote forgiveness and reconciliation. Bishop Tesfassilassie, the Eparch of Adigrat in Ethiopia, has called on the Catholic faithful in Ethiopia to commit to acts of mercy within their families. He said that the Church in Ethiopia […]

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Christmas in Sri Lanka: A Harvest Festival

In Sri Lanka, December has always been a popular month – because it’s harvest time. After the first conversions to Catholicism in the 16th century, the month was renamed “Nattal rnase”, which literally means “Christmas month”. Today, celebrations remain a mixture of harvest festival and Christian traditions. Sri Lanka today is a predominantly Sinhala-Buddhist state.

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Christmas in Guatemala: A Colourful Celebration

Because of their global presence, the Comboni Missionaries have an insight into how Christmas is celebrated in different ways around the world, with a variety of symbols deeply embedded in every different cultural tradition. We look at how people from Guatemala celebrate Christmas. Christmas in the Central American country of Guatemala begins on 8 December,

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Kenya: “We produce what we don’t eat, and we eat what we don’t produce”

A special and unique pan-African conference on land grabbing and just governance was held recently in Nairobi, Kenya. Land grabbing – the buying or leasing of large pieces of land in developing countries by domestic and transnational companies, governments, and individuals – is a serious food security problem across Africa, requiring more urgent attention from

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