Comboni Missionary: “I have just escaped from death..”
Uganda and the US have ended a six-year hunt for the fugitive warlord Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army. The LRA, now believed to be down to less than 120 armed men, has splintered into small units operating in the remotest regions of eastern CAR, north-eastern Congo, and Darfur. Experts say that […]
Taizé: A Parable Of The Community
How does the Ecumenical Community of Taizé plan to promote social development in Europe and in the world and how can it help to face the challenges of today? An answer from Brother Aloïs Löser, prior of Taizé.. Every life consecrated to the service of God and neighbour is a parable. A parable does not […]
FAO: “People Must Continue To Produce Their Own Food”
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in the next two years, among others priorities, will focus on promoting sustainable agriculture, climate change mitigation and adaptation, poverty reduction, water scarcity, and migration. According to FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva the number of hungry people in the world has increased since 2015, reversing years of progress. He […]
South Sudan: Education To Change A Country
A country in search of peace. A secondary school in Juba is trying to provide concrete answers. A city that formed on the left bank of the White Nile, about a hundred kilometres from the Ugandan border, Juba has been, since the eighteen hundreds, the principal city in the South of Sudan, a vast region […]
Venezuela: Crisis Across The Borders
The tragedy of Venezuela is having repercussions across the borders. One to the south, the border with Brazil. The other one to the west, across the Colombian border. To the south is the border with Brazil: a thousand-kilometre-long wild and winding track that extends across the mountains and crosses the Amazon Rainforest. The second, to […]
RD: Congo
More than 3,300 people have been killed since October alone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai region, said a recent report by Catholic Church. The death toll includes civilians caught in the crossfire of a brutal fight between the Congolese army and an opposing militia group. In the central-southern province of Kasai, the […]
Central Africa Republic: Catholic Church – “No To Impunity For Crimes Committed”
Over 5,000 dossiers on violence committed in the Central African Republic from 2014 until today will be submitted to the Special Criminal Court for Central Africa by the Commission “Justice and Peace” of the Catholic Church. The Commission have announced that they have filed 5,285 dossiers on crimes committed in the country to be submitted […]
Portugal: Comboni Missionaries – 70 Years Of Active Presence
This year, the Comboni Missionaries are celebrating seventy years of their presence in Portugal. An Institute that is born and grows in response to the new challenges of mission in that country and in the world. The decision was reached in agreement with the Vatican Secretariat of State with a view to opening missions in […]
Young Iraqis Are “The Seeds of Dialogue”
Fr. Samir Youssef, Chaldean priest of the diocese of Amadiya (Iraqi Kurdistan) is promoting a project to transform “young Muslims, Christians and Yazidis” into “seeds of dialogue”, to breathe new life into Mosul, the Nineveh plain, and Iraq as a whole. The aim of the project is to find youth that are “eager to talk, […]
South Sudan: Generating Joy In The Midst Of Suffering And Fear
“I cannot forget the amazing experience of my first arrival in Nyal, in South Sudan, a few months ago. My attention was immediately attracted by the songs and dances of so many people who were carrying nice flags: they were full of joy”. A Comboni Missionary Brother tells us his experience. In all my life […]