Sister Maria José Carrero, a Comboni Sister talks about her experience in the heart of the jungle. The small town where I live, Santa Maria de Los Cayapas, is located next to the Cayapas River, in the heart of the jungle of Esmeraldas (Ecuador), and can only be accessed by waterway. You can imagine all […]
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A very long time ago, in the beginning of the world, there lived a famous hunter. He had killed so many wild animals that he had been given the title of King of All Hunters. The King of All Hunters had two sons. When one of the sons wished to marry a young girl in
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According to new data on global military spending published recently by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) the total global military expenditure increased by 3.7 per cent in real terms in 2022, to reach a new high of $2240 billion. Military expenditure in Europe saw its steepest year-on-year increase in at least 30 years.
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The Servants of Charity in the Philippines have been providing a home to indigent and abandoned children and young adults with intellectual disabilities. The Guanella community in Quezon City is also a place for discovering, cultivating, harnessing, and enjoying their talents and skills. The Servants of Charity in the Philippines opened the doors of Guanella
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WYD Lisbon 2023 is less than four months away. We talked with Monsignor Américo Aguiar, auxiliary bishop of Lisbon and president of the WYD 2023 Foundation (Local Organising Committee, LOC). “If the WYD Lisbon were described in two words, these would be ‘generosity’ and ‘welcome’. The Portuguese capital is extending its open arms to the
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Legends narrate that there was a time when the gods were so angry with men that they decided to exterminate them. “We will make so much rainfall on the earth that the world and all its inhabitants will drown – they said angrily -. We will save only the animals, revealing only to them the
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The Asheninka live in the departments of Pasco and Ucayali, which are part of the central jungle of Peru. They are estimated to be around 15 thousand people. The term Asheninka has to do with blood family and community family and means “Our kinfolks”. The social environment of the Asheninka is based on family, which
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He received the appointment as auxiliary bishop with “fear and trembling”. But with a great desire to serve the church. We spoke about it with the Combonian Msgr. António Manuel Bogaio Constantino was recently consecrated as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Beira. The archdiocese includes the entire province of Sofala in the central part
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Today, the atomic threat is less feared, but the risk of an increasingly widespread and devastating conflict is real: from Europe to the Pacific, from the Middle East to Africa. Sixty years ago, John XXIII’s encyclical “Pacem in Terris” was published, arousing surprise and enthusiasm throughout the world. Everything about that encyclical seemed new and
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The official anthem of World Youth Day is entitled “There’s a Rush in the Air!”. We talk about it with Father João Paulo Vaz, author of the texts. There is an official anthem at every World Youth Day (WYD). It is a song that marks every meeting of young people from all over the world
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