Madagascar – Games: Ties Of Friendship
Every year, young students from Madagascar participate in the sports and cultural competitions that take place on the occasion of the National Days of Catholic Education. Inhabitants of Toamasina, the populous port city of eastern Madagascar, formerly known as Tamatave, are not particularly interested in the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. They are much fonder […]
Nigeria: To Listen To Them
Sr. Edna Kotse Ikalumhe is a Religious Sister of Charity from Afashio Uzairue in Edo State, Nigeria. Her pastoral activity is in the prisons. She talks about her experience. Every day I visit three prisons in Lagos, two for men and one for women. One of these prisons has 3,580 inmates. This ministry is a […]
Togo – A Comboni Missionary: “When People Take Destiny In Their Hands, There Is Hope”
In the last months, Togo has been shaken by strong popular protests that claim a limitation on the number of presidential mandates. Women are at the forefront of the popular protest against the power of President Faure Gnassingbe. Setting off from three different meeting points, the women, dressed mostly in black, were accompanied by men […]
Philippines: Life Under Threat
As the bloody campaign against illegal drugs and crime continues under the present administration, the Catholic Church in the Philippines responds by establishing community-based drug rehabilitation programs, caring for the victims and parents, strengthening the defence and the culture of human rights. Not since the Marcos dictatorship has human life in the Philippines been so […]
Angola: ‘The Thinker’
When we visited the Anthropological Museum of Luanda, we were fascinated by a small statue known as ‘The Thinker’, which is the cultural symbol of Angola and to which an evocative apologue is linked. The National Museum of Anthropology (Museu Nacional de Antropologia), which is located in the Barrio dos Coqueiros of Luanda, is one […]
Ecuador: Kichwa Community Commits To Eco-Sustainable Tourism
On the banks of the Napo River and in front of the Yasuní National Park, Sani Isla holds out against the oil industry. Sani Isla is the name of a Kichwa indigenous community of a thousand people living on the banks of the Napo River, in front of the Yasuní National Park. In recent years, […]
DR Congo: The Catholic Church For The Poor And With The Poor
The Christians of Congo are writing a new page in the history of African Christianity. They refuse to be an accomplice of politics breaking the silence. A Christianity that claims to be prophetic, while remaining for the poor and with the poor. “The Christians of the Democratic Republic of Congo, led by the Congolese Episcopate, […]
Mexico: The Tarahumara – The Pillars Of The World
Dance and healing are strongly linked to the culture of the Tarahumara, an ethnic group living in the state of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The Sierra Tarahumara, in the north of Mexico, is a region of striking contrasts with great cultural, linguistic, ecological, ritual and landscape diversities. The Tarahumara (Rarámuri), along with the Pimas (O’odham), […]
2021-2030: The ‘Decade of Ocean Science’
The United Nations has designated the years 2021 to 2030 as the “Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development” to boost international coordination and cooperation in research and scientific programmes for better management of ocean and coastal zone resources and reducing maritime risks. The UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) will be leading the […]
Uganda: A School Of Agribusiness For Young Entrepreneurs, With The Contribution Of The Church
An agribusiness project, with a professional training school dedicated to the agriculture and breeding sectors. This is the initiative desired by Alito, in the diocese of Lira, in northern Uganda, by the local Comboni Bishop Mgr. Giuseppe Franzelli, and realised with the NGO “Africa mission cooperation and development”, which has been working in the country […]
