After years spent outside your country, it is not easy to adapt. “I struggle to recognize some things that have changed over time.” Sr. Benjamine Kimala Nanga, a Comboni Sister from Chad, explains to us why it is so. Since I began my journey with the Comboni Missionaries, 22 years have passed in which I […]

The Sisters who belong to the Slaves of the Divine Heart run a school in one of the poorest suburbs of Luanda. They educate to create the future for this country. The education centre is located in the Palanca neighbourhood of the municipality of Kilamba Kiaxi, a poor part of the Angolan capital where asphalt

“I believe that the Lord of the Mission who called me to follow Him is the same Lord who has been guiding and sustaining me throughout these years”. Fr. Moises Albarina, a Comboni Missionary from the Philippines shares his vocation journey. I am the last born of 14 siblings and the youngest among eight brothers.

In the beginning of time, the Creator brought forth all the animals of the bush and birds and insects of the air from the roots of a huge baobab tree. Most of the creatures look the same as they did then, but some have changed in appearance since the time of Creation. One such animal

“Day after day, through my commitment and all that I am, I try to participate in the building of the Church that I love so much as a religious and as a journalist”, Sister Elisabeth Tikabi, a Cameroonian Comboni Missionary, tells us. After completing my studies in Social Communications at the Salesian Pontifical University of

Kidnapping for ransom has long become a real industry in Nigeria. Priests and the religious are the target. It is a sunny and hot Sunday morning. Father Steven is getting ready to go to celebrate mass in one of the parish chapels where today the community is celebrating the first communions. The previous evening, he

In a historic step, the Hanoi government has invited Pope Francis to visit the country. We talk with Mons. Nguyen Anh Tuan, bishop of Ha Tinh “New climate, trusting us more.” The Catholic community in Vietnam makes up one of the most vibrant Churches in Asia today, with 7 million faithful in a country of

Easter must be shared and we must become “agents” of the resurrection. As long as we give life, radiate hope, joy, and love, we make the resurrection a reality in our lives, and in other peoples’ lives. Some years ago, while walking around our seminary compound, I saw something that made me stop. I saw

Once upon a time, two boys left their home village to go to a faraway country. One of them believed in travelling light. The other one was always curious about things. As they walked along a footpath through the bush, they saw the quill of a porcupine lying on the ground. The first boy ignored

Father Abebayehu Tefera Atara, a Comboni missionary from Ethiopia, tells us how his missionary vocation began. I grew up in Haro Wato, in Uraga district, Guji Zone, which is in the Oromiya region of Ethiopia. I was the firstborn of nine children. While my father was a quiet man, my mother was a teacher and