Leadership in African culture. Between Fear and Respect
African traditional political leaders cover both the temporal and the religious spheres. They represent the exigencies of the ancestors before the community of the living and the exigencies of the same community before the ancestors. This double responsibility before the people and before the ancestors grants them both authority and power. The Congolese philosopher […]
Inequalities. Africa Victim of the Climate, New Fiscal Rules Are Needed
Africa is responsible for only 4% of CO2 emissions but is suffering enormous agricultural and health damage. It is proposed to provide help by taxing multinationals and the consumption of the richest countries. Climate change is making its effects felt on humanity, affecting the cornerstones of survival and social organization. But accountability and consequences […]
Vocation Story. “People teach Me how to Be a Missionary”
Father Eduardo Revolledo Villanueva is a young Comboni Missionary from Lima, Peru. He is in Taiwan and shares his vocation story and his missionary service in the Asian continent. To talk about my vocation, I have to remember my experience in the Comboni parish “Cristo Missionario del Padre”, located on the outskirts of Lima, […]
Bible & Mission. Children of God
“You are my Son, the beloved; in you I have put all my joy.” – Read Luke 3: 21–38 Baptism is Jesus’ fundamental choice: He makes Himself a brother because He is the Son and He is the Son because He makes Himself a brother. Different from Adam, He accepts the Father’s love and different […]
Mission Diary. The Serpent and the Birds
Father Ngalite Regis-Eric, a young Comboni priest from the Central African Republic shared with us his missionary experience. In mid-2019, having completed my theology studies, I was assigned to the parish of Sant Michel de Dono-Manga (Chad) for a two-year period of missionary service. I then had my priestly ordination in January 2022 in my […]
Networking, becoming ecological guides: the Sisters’ project for the Common Home
‘Sowing Hope for the Planet’ is an initiative promoted by the UISG (the International Union of Superiors General) and associations connected with it, in order to make Laudato Sí a reality: sharing ideas, formation, and synergetic action aimed at curing a sick planet. Observing all the events that are unfolding on an ‘overheated’ and asphyxiated […]
Vocation Story. Fr. Benjosef Carlos. “My ‘Yes’ to God”
I am Father Benjosef Carlos Raposa from the Philippines. At the age of seven, I followed my older brothers and became an altar server. In high school, I was involved in catechetical ministry and volunteer work. I finished my degree in Development Studies at the Ateneo de Manila University and went on to have a […]
Pope Francis’ Message for the 2023 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Our relationship with Creation
This year’s theme is: ‘Let Justice and Peace Flow’, inspired by the words of the prophet Amos: ‘Let justice flow on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream.’ “We need to act urgently, to create a more sustainable and just world.” The Pope begins by noting that “God wants justice to reign; it is […]
Bible & Mission. The Cross and the Mission
“If one wants to come after Me…” (Read Mark 8: 34–38) The Word/seed (cf. Mark 4: 1ff), sown in mission, becomes bread in the Eucharist. It is in the bread, in the concrete life, that we recognize Jesus: “They recognized Him at the breaking of bread” (Luke 24: 25). Peter also recognized Jesus after the […]
Oral Literature. The Chameleon
Long, long ago, at the beginning of time, when man and the beasts were brothers and did not raise their hands, one against the other, the world was a wonderful place. Sweet water flowed from the hills, the earth was fertile and crops flourished. There was enough, and more, for everyone. The Great God who […]