From Slavery to the Priesthood By Terence Walz This story was first featured in Comboni Missions Magazine Fall 2020 edition. Daniel Sorur, a former [enslaved person] who converted to Christianity, became the first Dinka to be ordained a Catholic priest. He was...
While Less Likely to Get the Virus, Children Are Not Immune to the Consequences of the Pandemic By: Kathleen M. Carroll This story was first featured in Comboni Missions Magazine Fall 2020 edition. Children have not been the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. But they...
Record Unemployment Fails to Dampen Ecuador’s Hospitality By: Kathleen M. Carroll This story was first featured in Comboni Missions Magazine Fall 2020 edition. Nearly 85 percent of Ecuadorans are in “precarious” jobs or without employment altogether, according to Al...
Photo by JOSE SANCHEZ/Afp/AFP via Getty Images. Residents of the impoverished neighborhood of Cooperativa Bastion Popular, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, are pictured during the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic, on May 9, 2020. The graffiti reads, “Jesus alone is our...
Millions worldwide lack clean water, but we can help conserve this precious resource by making simple lifestyle changes. 1. Change Your Diet. It takes a lot of water to grow, process, and transport food. Meat and dairy products are especially water-intensive. To save...
NEW YORK (IDN) – Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has at least two African partners stepping up on the global stage and telling world leaders to “wake up” and recognize the dangers to women and girls of climate change. In a speech broadcast as part of the...
The civil war that ravaged Guatemala for nearly 40 years ended with government promises to redress the crimes of military groups active during the conflict. Survivors are now saying that the government is retreating on those commitments and violating the legal...
After 27 years on the U.S. State Sponsor of Terrorism (SST) list, Sudan has agreed to pursue peaceful relations with the state of Israel and make other concessions in the interests of peace. The country agreed to pay compensation to American victims of terror attacks,...
The Cross is part and parcel of every Christian vocation. For each Christian, the sharing in the Cross of Christ takes on a different form. For some, the identification with Christ’s sufferings reaches the point of giving their lives as in the case of those Comboni...
The Cross is part and parcel of every Christian vocation. For each Christian, the sharing in the Cross of Christ takes on a different form. For some, the identification with Christ’s sufferings reaches the point of giving their lives as in the case of those Comboni...
