The Youth Corner: Charity and Fraternity
To look responsibly at life and to enter into the dynamism of love as the essence of every vocation is to give assent to the demands of love. These days, as I gazed bleakly at the news of the world, the horrors of war, famine, disease, and human despair spreading across the globe, I found […]
Mission Diary: Brother Dr. Juan Carlos – Delivering Medicine and Hope
Despite unbearable heat, lack of adequate medical equipment, and virtually non-existent roads, Comboni Brother Dr. Juan Carlos Salgado loves his job at St. Michael Hospital in Donomanga, Chad, a Catholic mission in the south of the country. “I am happy to be here. Personally, I like the quiet village life compared to the stress of […]
Brazil: “Every indigenous person is a guardian of Mother Earth”
An unprecedented event: Sonia Guajajara is the first indigenous woman to be appointed a minister in the history of the country. She assumes the direction of the “Ministry of Indigenous Peoples”, recently created by Lula, the current president of Brazil. In the afternoon of January 11, 2023, Sonia Guajajara, of the Guajajara/Tenetehara people of the […]
Priests, missionaries and Lay People killed in 2022
Last year, 18 Catholic missionaries were murdered worldwide: 13 priests, three religious sisters, one seminarian, and one lay leader. On 15 January 2023, a Nigerian priest was burned alive and another suffered gunshot wounds after attackers stormed a priests’ house. Half of the 18 missionaries were killed in Africa; eight were killed in Latin America […]
Bartholomew – The Green Patriarch
In his long-serving ministry, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has unreservedly committed himself to the protection of the environment and the cause of peace, justice, and unity among all peoples, ceaselessly calling for effective solutions to the climate emergency. There’s a proverb that says, “A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they […]
UN: 2023 – The International Year of Millet
The cultivation and consumption of millet is a response to the challenges posed by population growth, food insecurity and climate change. This a unique opportunity. Among the first plants to be domesticated, millet is considered a cereal with a high content of nutrients. For seven thousand years, this small, round grain has been the staple […]
China: Lantern Festival
Religion, philosophy, legends, imperial politics, and folklore – these are the ingredients of one of the most popular celebrations in China associated with the New Year of the Asian giant. The Lantern Festival. This year’s Chinese New Year begins on Sunday, January 22 with the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit. It will continue […]
Asia 2023: A Year of Uncertainty
In 2023, Asia will be a continent of global uncertainties, regional trends and attempts at recovery. Four general elections. It will be the year of India. The first elections are scheduled in Thailand on 18 June which will design the new National Assembly, or rather the bicameral Parliament. In fact, only the 500-member House of […]
Africa’s Hotspots in 2023
The outbreak of war in Ukraine showed that a conflict could begin in any moment. The crisis had actually been going on for some time, and it simply got worse. There are in Africa different crises due to insecurity that are ongoing and could degenerate in 2023. We will examine some of these crises moving […]
Africa political forecast 2023
Elections in the most populated country of the continent, Nigeria, and the expansion of jihadism are some of the main challenges expected this year. Many elections are scheduled this year in Africa but several are likely to be postponed. In West Africa, parliamentary elections scheduled for 8 January 2023 in Benin should be more open […]