Sister Maria de Coppi loved the people of her adopted homeland in Chipene, Mozambique. “I have experienced beautiful and difficult times in this country: First the colonial times, then war followed by a time of peace and, today, unfortunately, a time of terrorism.” —...
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...
In late April, Save the Children warned that the number of children in Mozambique who are acutely malnourished could double, from just under 60,000 to 115,000. The destruction of cyclone Idai was compounded by the landfall of tropical storm Kenneth on April 27. Crops...
On March 15, cyclone Idai hit the west coast of Africa with one of the regions most powerful storms in a decade. Winds in excess of 120 mph were reported and severe flooding has been reported in Malawi and Zimbabwe. But the greatest destruction has fallen on...
