South Africa: Creativity that transforms the world
Soweto Theatre is a community space where new generations of artists are forged from historical memory. A captivating shade of red dominates the modern building, which expands into geometric and irregular shapes, next to the mythical Jabulani amphitheatre – it was there that Zindzi Mandela read the speech “My father says …”, it was 1985, […]
South Africa: “A Missionary Parish, to reach out to many who are still far away”
The parish of St Daniel Comboni is located in the eastern part of Mamelodi, a name that means, mother of melodies, because of the concentration of musical talent offered by its inhabitants. We visited the place. Mamelodi, north-east of Pretoria, is a township created in 1953 to relocate the African population during the Apartheid era. […]
Cop 27: Emissions, loss and damage, finance: the decisions – a lack of ambition
Cop 27 is over. A first step in climate justice, but zero progress on the central issue of CO2 emissions. The principle of a new fund to respond to loss and damage suffered by the poorest and most vulnerable countries on earth in the face of climate change was introduced. But there was zero progress […]
The Youth Corner: Generating Life in Abundance
The authentic realization of what we are and what we dream of being will allow us to generate life in abundance. We are often tempted to look askance at opinions that are different from our own, and little by little that look of suspicion becomes our way of looking at the people who live around […]
Oral Literature: The colours of hope
On the heights of a remote village at the bottom of a valley lived a melancholic girl who had not known her parents, who had died at her birth. Unaware, however, of their end, and thinking of them on the road, she kept hoping that one day she would meet them. In her illusion, the […]
The Birthplace of the Rainbow
Victoria Falls is one of the best known and most spectacular sights in Africa. Its history is lost in the mists of time. We visited this majestic and mysterious birthplace of the rainbow. A 1,737- meter-long crack in the ground blocks the way to the Zambezi, which falls with an impressive drop of up to […]
Morocco: Rabat – Capital of Lights
‘City of Lights’, as Rabat, the administrative capital of Morocco, is called. The name is not prosaic, but full of symbolism to describe a city undergoing a complete metamorphosis that tries to show its mastery while maintaining a balance between tradition and modernity. We visit the city. In recent years Rabat has made an effort […]
Good science made in Africa
More than 300 African researchers have conducted research of considerable scientific and practical impact on variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. “With investment in African human resources, creating the conditions for it to express its potential, the results are there and they are of great scientific depth.” Last September, the journal Science published an article – […]
World Youth Day – Pope Francis: “A new beginning for the young and for humanity”
“I hope and I firmly believe that the experience many of you will have in Lisbon next August will represent a new beginning for you, the young, and – with you – for humanity as a whole”. The World Youth Day will be celebrated in particular Churches on November 20 next and at international level […]
Bishop Damiano Guzzetti: Fr Ambrosoli’s great legacy
It was in Matany hospital that the miracle that led to Father Ambrosoli being beatified took place. Mons Damiano Guzzetti, Bishop of Moroto, underlines what beatification means for the Karimojong people. I was fortunate enough to meet the Blessed Priest and Doctor Joseph Ambrosoli when I was a student in Kampala a few months before […]