One essential characteristic of African markets is that they are exclusive places for women. It is the women who carry the goods to the market to sell them and buy others. A mere glance at the stalls shows they are all run by women. It is still dark when Esther rises. The children are still …
Vocation is a light for life insofar as it guides and gives direction to our decisions and behaviours. It is also a guide of what we are and what we long to be. Vocation is not something static, situated at a certain decisive moment in our life. Vocation has been part of our life since …
The Franciscan friars have been present for centuries in the north of Morocco. Students, migrants, prisoners are part of their pastoral activity. They are open to ecumenical dialogue. Father Angel Ruben Ramos Ceballos, the Parish Priest of Our Lady of Victories in Tetouan, talks to us. Once upon a time in the city, there was …
“For almost fifteen years I have been in Mozambique where I am serving as a missionary among a wonderful people and country”. Sr. Carla Mora, a Comboni missionary from Costa Rica, tells us about her experience. Embracing the missionary life has not been easy, because it implies renunciation, adherence, fidelity and, above all, much faith …
It’s encouraging to see active youth groups walking along beaches and river banks scooping up discarded plastic wrappings, bottles, bags, slippers and plastic junk that are causing not only unsightliness but are also a source of deadly toxic chemicals in our environment. They are cleaning up our mess when we use and discard plastic bottles …
The conflict in Ukraine is now in its eighth year. It continues to take a heavy toll on civilians, with more than five million people affected. The civilian death toll has topped 3,000, with over 7,000 people injured since 2014. Over 50,000 houses have been damaged or destroyed. Of the 2.9 million people in need …
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Vocation is not something abstract but rather something concrete. It is the answer to a call of what God wants us to be. It is not a road free from obstacles, but rather a dynamic path that keeps us alive and makes us discover the hope that inhabits us and makes us capable of moving …
In the world of rural Africa, the market is not just a place for buying and selling or commercial exchange. All over the continent, the market is a place characterised by an intense celebration of social exchange and becomes a place of encounter between the scattered members of one’s family, one’s own village and of …
“I can say that God has given me the gift of knowing how to be among young people, from whom, moreover, I always learn new things”. Father Ramon Eguiluz talks about his experience as an educator. Since I arrived in Africa in 1979, my missionary life had passed on this continent. I worked in the …
Christians and Muslims are working together to prevent religious radicalism from taking hold of the country. We met with some religious leaders. Abdoulaye Ouasselegue, currently Imam of the Petevo mosque in Bangui, quoted the prophet Muhammad during a Friday prayer sermon and exhorted his faithful to keep their teeth clean. I had heard that Muslims …
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