“In vocation, the missionary dimension is always present. We are a mission. Therefore, we put ourselves at the service of all those we love, those around us, and even those who live beyond our borders.” “Trees do not eat their own fruit. Rivers do not drink their own...
Fraternity is one of the fundamental principles of coexistence and a guarantee of survival in traditional Africa. (Image of a nurse visiting a patient at home.) The ecosophies of the peoples of the Americas propose life in harmony with nature as their fundamental...
An Ethiopian woman who fled the ongoing fighting in Tigray region prepares a meal in Hamdait village on the Sudan-Ethiopia border in eastern Kassala state, Sudan. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig (Story and photo courtesy of Thomson Reuters Foundation.) Fr. Pedro and his...
Sister Angelina Nyakuru became a fixture at Mother of Mercy Hospital in Sudan. It is the only referral hospital for more than one million area residents. It has no ICU, no ventilators, no hand sanitizer, and often even lacks ordinary soap. And COVID-19 is coming to...
UN peacekeeping forces are struggling to protect civilians from the violence in Kivu, in the northeastern reaches of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Fr. José is pictured on the right. While mining is a leading industry in the DRC, very few residents get a share...
Suspected Islamic terrorists killed scores of farmers and civilians in yet another massacre on November 28, 2020. Suspected militants attacked civilian men and women while they were harvesting crops in Koshobe village and other rural communities in Jere Local...
An Indian engineer has been recognized by the United Nations for developing innovative technology which not only produces energy, but which helps to keep the air cleaner and reduce climate change. Vidyut Mohan has created a portable machine that burns...
In November 2020, the Ethiopian government launched a military offensive aimed at a rebellious regional government. The ensuing violence has caused tens of thousands of Ethiopians to seek refuge in Sudan. The United Nations refugee agency has asked for $150...
On December 14, 2020, the United States surpassed 300,000 deaths from the COVID-19 virus. In light of that devastating news, the U.S. Bishops doctrine and pro-life committees released a statement encouraging people to receive the recently released COVID-19 vaccine....
