Comboni Missionaries' Team

The latest African Youth Survey from the Ichikowitz Family Foundation, a leading African foundation promoting active citizenship across the continent, provides a comprehensive look at the perspectives, hopes and concerns of young people in 16 African countries. Now in its third iteration, the 2024 Survey reveals both encouraging signs of optimism as well as ongoing […]

New companies are appearing on the continent, trying to carve out a niche in the new business. The global sales of electric and plug-in cars continue to rise, with 16.6 million vehicles expected in 2024 and dominated by China, which in July saw half of its market satisfied by these models. In short, thanks also

For more than ten years, a group of advocates has been donating bicycles to underprivileged students in the Philippines. Known as Bikes for the Philippines, their goal is to motivate learning and help curb the drop-out rate. Kids walking to school in slippers for half an hour or more gave Joel Uichico the charge to

Brother Mario from the Philippines, talks to us about his vocation and missionary journey. My name is Mario Jason Castro, a Comboni Missionary Brother. I am the fourth of six children and both my parents supported us by selling livestock meat in the market. My parents dedicated their time working so that we would have

In a world marred by wars, violence, and deep-rooted divisions, Pope Francis and other leaders urge a shift towards moral leadership and selflessness to heal our fractured societies and promote the common good. Pope Francis once said, “Often it seems that God does not exist; all around us we see persistent injustice, evil, indifference and

Two young leaders from the A’i Cofán community of Sinangoe in Ecuador led a movement to protect their people’s ancestral territory from gold mining. Their leadership resulted in a historic legal victory in October 2018, when Ecuador’s courts cancelled 52 illegal gold mining concessions, which were illegally granted without the consent of their Cofán community.

Modelled in clay, placed between rocks and tree trunks, 92 Aboriginal sculptures in Melbourne, Australia, reflect the ecological idea of the intrinsic connection between humans and fauna and flora that form a single living being. The Dandenong Ranges and Yarra Valley, less than 40 kilometres from Melbourne, the capital and most populous city of the

Celebrating ten years of priesthood, Fr. Rafael recalls wanting to be a priest since he was a child. After graduating in mechanical engineering, he joined the Comboni missionaries. Currently serving in Macau, he has witnessed the admirable audacity of people who have converted to the faith. I’m Father Rafael Vigolo, a Comboni missionary born in

A biblical quote that continues to guide me: “But at your word I will let down the nets”. Sister Lucrecia talks about her vocation and her missionary journey. My name is Lucrecia Iracema Tigüilá Martínez, a Comboni Missionary Sister from San Cristóbal Totonicapán, Guatemala, Central America. I am the second-born in a family of four:

Being ordinary is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple. This norm can be applied to spirituality as well. When we climb a hill to see a sick person or cross a tumultuous river to bring relief after a natural disaster, we are living by the spirituality of being ordinary. Jesus spoke about