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Rabbit was very smart. He was always trying to trick the other animals. One day he met Antelope. “Let us make a garden and plant beans, “said Rabbit.   Antelope and Rabbit made a garden and planted beans. When the beans were ripe, Antelope stole some of Rabbit’s beans. And Rabbit stole a lot of

The indigenous Pech people (one of the original peoples of Honduras), is one of the few with nomadic roots in Central America. Their vision of the world is closely connected to the care and conservation of the Earth.   Their origin is not known for certain, but it is believed that the indigenous Pech group

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.   In its press announcement, the Committee stated that “ Ms. Ressa and Mr. Muratov are

This year World Mission Sunday will be celebrated on 24 October. The theme the Holy Father has chosen this year is: ‘We cannot but speak about what we have seen and heard’ (Acts 4:20). A synthesis of his message.   In his message, Pope Francis says: “Once we experience the power of God’s love, we

The people of the rain, Ñuu Savi, in the Nahuati language of the Mestizos, live in the states of Oaxaca, Puebla and Guerrero in central-southern Mexico. To the present day, they have persisted with their daily practices, their forms of social organisation, their language, health system, respect for nature and their religiosity in their view

There was a famine in a certain town. Every creature in that town was hungry except a dog who knew of a tree in the nearby forest which supplied him with food. No one but the dog knew where he obtained his food.   Now there lived in the town a tortoise and his wife.

When you go out to meet people, ideas and projects are born from their needs. This is what happens in the south of Chad, where needs are intertwined with desires for redemption. Starting with learning to read and write. Sister Marilda Sportelli, an Alcantarine Franciscan talk about her experience among Chadian women.    The town