Comboni Missionaries' Team

EU Bishops urge access to COVID-19 vaccines for all

The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) and Caritas Europa are urging the EU institutions to ensure vaccine access for all, promoting a “widescale vaccination not only for Europe’s own safety and protection, but also for global public health as a public good.” With COVID-19 vaccines finally being administered to populations …

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Comboni Brother Pietro Laffranchi: Desiring to Empower the Workers

He was born in 1899 in a small village in the region of Brescia, Northern Italy. Feeling the Lord was calling him to the mission, he insistently asked to join the Comboni Missionaries. He entered the novitiate in Venegono Superiore in 1925, making his first profession as a religious in 1928. During these first years …

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