Comboni Missionaries' Team

I was sitting on the porch of the house, admiring the warm sun slowly descending on the horizon. Wrapped up in my thoughts, a newly-arrived young missionary approached me, and he sat next to me and we both watched the warm sunset. Then, all of a sudden, he asked me what is important for a […]

Inspired by St. Francis of Assisi and by Pope Francis, 2,000 young adults met online to discuss making the economy more responsive to human dignity and more respectful of creation. The Economy of Francesco project, sponsored in part by the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, hosted a virtual global meeting Nov. 19-21. Below

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is a beacon of harmony, paving the way for understanding and peace between his own religion, Buddhism, and other faiths. One of the reverent names for the Dalai Lama is Kundun, which means ‘presence’ in his own language, Tibetan. The current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the 14th of

Many ages ago the lion and the rabbit were great friends. They lived together in a narrow valley richly verdant with green pasture and trees. They lived alone in that place and they were always together, with neither of them wanting to separate from the other. They owned a vast number of cows with shining

Plans for initial production, starting next July, of 5,000 vehicles a year, including buses. There is a sector of urban mobility where there is a silent revolution. We are speaking of electric buses. The annual rate of increase of the vehicles has exceeded 100% since 2013, more than in any other sector of electric vehicles.

According to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), millions of used cars, vans and minibuses exported from Europe, the United States and Japan to the developing world are of poor quality, contributing significantly to air pollution and hindering efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change.   The report shows that between

A Sunday with Father Anthony Assebiah, Parish Priest of Beyin in Kengen, Southern Ghana.  As soon as we reached the pier, we boarded an old rowing boat. Rowing powerfully and confidently, Stephen, the young catechist, brought us to the Island of Nzulezo in Lake Tandane. The voyage lasted almost an hour. As we approached the

Imprisoned at the age of seventy-five for participating in a non-violent demonstration, Dorothy Day spent her whole life in solidarity with the poor, working from her youth to improve the standard of life for the ordinary workers of America. She was committed to voicing the social concerns and teachings of the Church. Born in New

One day, the hare went off into the bush to look for wild fruit. When he reached the place, he wanted, there was the lion, resting in the shade of the very tree the hare intended to climb. Their glances met, and the hare felt his stomach churn. But he hid his fear and marched

Women participate significantly in the rural economy. They produce most of the local food and feed the family. In addition to this back-breaking agricultural work, they also fulfil their role as mothers, managing the household and educating the children. In Africa, rural women are the pillars of agricultural production and food security. They better manage