Some African countries are on their way to becoming the main avocado exporters of the future due to the particularly favourable environmental conditions of the continent. The crop may take the place of coffee and create more jobs. The avocado is certainly one of the food products more in demand in the West in recent …
It is important to recognize that water is not an economic good like any other. It is so closely linked to life that it must be understood as something vital and sacred. Life cannot be turned into a commodity. Today there are two major issues that affect all of humanity: global warming and the growing …
Reflection – Water: source of life or source of profit? Read More »
Life is precious and sacred. Many people believe in the sanctity of the human person with rights and dignity to be protected and preserved. This is not true for many more who kill and murder and execute their perceived enemies. Those that declare war and invade other nations are also guilty of bringing death and …
Afghanistan: The Loss of Life in a Twenty-Year War Read More »
He wanted to be a lawyer, but he was enticed by his love for the guitar. And finally, to be a priest and missionary. Fr Benedict from Zambia shares his missionary journey with us. “When I was growing up, my intention was to become a lawyer because lawyers have lots of money,” said Fr Benedict …
Vocation Story – Fr Benedict Chola – Full of ideas and full of priorities Read More »
Anyone watching on television the images of burning forests, the raging floods destroying lands and villages, massive landslides burying homes and people have no reason to deny the truth. The latest UN report on the climate crises by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) signed by 159 nations once again informs us that we …
The pandemic is raging with fury in Rio de Janeiro, aggravating the ancestral problems of a city weighed down by the burden of its own contradictions. The economic crisis is worsening historical inequality, increasing violence, and limiting possibilities while there is a general feeling that the Marvellous City has no other choice but to grasp …
A worldwide network of consecrated life determined to put an end to the trafficking of persons by means of collaborative initiatives centred upon prevention, protection, and social reinsertion. The network is present in 92 countries. Joy is a young girl from Benin City, the capital of Edo State in the south of Nigeria. A beautiful …
The Diocesan Delegation for Tangiers Migrants is a church organisation that receives migrants in the north of Morocco. We paid them a visit. The waters of the Atlantic Ocean encounter those of the Mediterranean off the coast of Tangiers, the seventh-largest city in Morocco. We are travelling along a broad and quiet road accompanied by …
The folk art of phulkari, that represents the tradition and culture of Punjab, is now regaining popularity globally. If it is colourful, geometrical and traditional, it is got to be phulkari, the magnificent hand embroidery from Punjab. Literally meaning floral work, phulkari has been synonymous with the people and the culture of Punjab for centuries. …
Tortoise was hungry. He said to himself, “I must build a trap. Then I can catch an animal for food.” Tortoise caught Antelope in his trap. But he could not lift Antelope out of his trap. Tortoise called all the animals to come to a dance. Big Ox came to the dance. When Tortoise saw …
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