Comboni Missionaries' Team

The Comboni missionary, Father Rafaello Savoia is one of the main pioneers of Afro-Latin American pastoral care. Starting from the Gospel, he made his commitment to the dignity, development and evangelization of black people the commitment of his entire missionary life. He arrived in Ecuador in 1968 and his first appointment as a 26-year-old missionary […]

The Constitution and laws ought to protect their rights. In reality, this is not the case: because of the confiscated lands, 70% of these Afro-indigenous people live below the poverty line, their language is in danger of extinction, and a systematic violation of even the minimum guarantees is being implemented. The Garifuna are an Afro-indigenous

Successive governments have failed to improve the political and economic conditions of Afro-American groups. Drug-related crime is making their conditions even worse. Afro-Ecuadorians represent approximately 7-10% of Ecuador’s total population. This means that there are between 1.2 and 1.75 million Afro-descendants in a country of approximately 17.5 million people. Most of this population is concentrated

The new progressive executive is the spokesperson of los nadies, the marginalized, the “nobodies”, including Afro-Colombians. Many reforms are designed to create greater social justice. But they clash with a parliament in the hands of the opposition. After more than two hundred years of republican history characterized by political violence and conservative and oligarchic governments,

With December, the decade (2015-2024) dedicated by the United Nations to Afro-descendants ends. Little has been done. Injustice and poverty are still prevelant. Latin America and the Caribbean make up the most diverse region in the world. The region’s multi-ethnic range includes a wide scale of mixed blood, including Asian, indigenous, African and European populations

Contact with nature is omnipresent in the culture and the local population. The country still has a predominantly rural identity, although development and its consequences are changing the direct relationship with nature. Cultural notes. In the cities of Cambodia and, in particular, in the capital Phnom Penh, which is becoming a true modern megalopolis, the

The Comboni Missionaries have been in Chad for almost 47 years and are found in every diocese. Enrico Gonzales, an Italian Comboni Brother, tells us about their commitment to serving local communities and the challenges they face. In northern Chad, we are based in Abéché, which is part of an Apostolic Vicariate. This area is

Sister Kathia Di Serio, an Italian Comboni missionary, carries out her mission in the capital of Mexico. She accompanies migrants who, living dramatic situations, full of hope and pain, have left their country in search of a better life and future. I spent many years as a missionary in Africa, in Kenya to be precise.

Monsignor Pablo Virgilio David, of the diocese of Kalookan, on the outskirts of Manila and president of the Episcopal Conference of the Philippines will be made a cardinal on December 7. A recognition of his tireless commitment to the poorest and most oppressed. His pastoral and charitable commitment led him to take a stand against

On December 7, the Pope will create 21 new cardinals. Between Iran and Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines, Ivory Coast and Algeria, Francis confirms the universality of the Church Once again, Pope Francis favours all corners of the world, realities of high symbolic value, places where Catholic minorities represent processes of peaceful coexistence and development