XI Assembly of the World Council of Churches: A Courageous Confession of Faith
After last year’s postponement due to Covid-19, the XI World Assembly of the WCC (World Council of Churches) will be held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September 2022. The theme of the Assembly: ‘The love of Christ moves the world to reconciliation and unity’. An extremely topical issue, especially in the difficult […]
The Youth Corner: Vocation as a Path and Horizon
Vocation is a dynamic path that we must actively discern for it is the only way we can fulfil our lives and live life to the fullest. Often, when one speaks of vocation, the idea of “I want to be this” or “I want to do that” arises at once, and all language seems to […]
Oral Literature: Rabbit and Antelope
There was no rain and it was very hot. The animals who did not have deep wells were very thirsty. Rabbit went to Antelope and said, “Friend Antelope, I have no water and I am very thirsty. Will you help me to dig a deep well? Then we can both have water.” “Yes – said […]
Malick: the Tailor
One day he had an idea. He spoke about it with the youngest among other nearby tailors. They decided to form a cooperative. Every afternoon, for many years, when Malick came home from school, he would go to his father’s tailor shop and help as best he could. At first, he would do the cleaning, […]
Mission Diary: Zambia – Promoting Integral Health
Sister Sonia de Jesús García, an Ecuadorean Comboni Missionary Sister, shares her mission experience at Mongu, in Zambia. When I came to Zambia, I had no idea what this new experience would be like, as it was in Africa for the first time. But I was sure that if God had brought me to this […]
Bolivia: Pachamama, Mother Earth
August is the time of Pachamama, Mother Earth (also Pacha Mama or Mama Pacha) for the Quechua and Aymara cultures in Bolivia. During the preceding months, the earth took a break in the agricultural cycle, it slept… it is dry and August is a time of transition, of passage from sterility to fertility, of rejuvenation. […]
The Youth Corner: Living One’s Vocation in Freedom
The path of vocation is a path of liberation and discernment of one’s own personal freedom. “Affection will still solve the problems of liberty; those who love each other will become invincible.” These verses by the American poet and journalist Walt Whitman recently came to my table and made me think about the dimension of […]
Bolivia: Waturikunapuni that Inspires the Time of Creation
Beauty and the importance of the encounter with others that is a bearer of things new Waturikunapuni is the word with which the women of the Cochabamba valley express co-responsibility in the care of relationships. When you miss someone or something, the word waturikunapuni emerges which means “you always have to ask about the other […]
Refection: stop the extinction of a million species
We have to change, the world has to change, and the humans that are controlling the oil, gas, and coal industries and power plants have to change. They are the root cause of the CO2 in the atmosphere that is causing the planet to overheat. Immediate evidence of this is the present heat waves that […]
Mission Diary: Kenya, the Gospel of Patience
Fr. Gervais Katya Mutsopi speaks to us of his mission experience among the Pokot. The Mother of Peace Parish of Amakuriat, in the western Pokot region of northwestern Kenya, was my first mission land. I was not yet a priest when I was sent here for a missionary experience and, after my priestly ordination in […]