With the highest percentage of her population made up of youth, Africa is a bed of opportunities for growth and prosperity. The African youth are a symbol of resilience, potential, creativity and determination in a changing and challenging world. 

The Continue reading →

“Young Africans are playing an active role in bringing social change in the continent. They are contributing daily to the benefit of their communities and nations across Africa.”

Africa boasts the world’s youngest population with more than sixty percent of Continue reading →

Next November 24, the Solemnity of Christ the King, on the occasion of World Youth Day in the Particular Churches, in St. Peter’s Basilica the traditional passing of the symbols of World Youth Day (WYD) will take place between the Continue reading →

The latest African Youth Survey from the Ichikowitz Family Foundation, a leading African foundation promoting active citizenship across the continent, provides a comprehensive look at the perspectives, hopes and concerns of young people in 16 African countries. Now in its Continue reading →

Two young lay Comboni missionaries talk to us about their experience among a people fighting for their rights and dignity.

About 25 minutes have passed since the last whistle of that endless train with 300 carriages and 4 km long, Continue reading →

People offer their allegiance to their nation or their religion, but we would like to offer our allegiance to the Land. We commit to take care of the Land. We would like all people in all countries to do the Continue reading →

Our life is full of choices: some regular and daily (but not less important) others extraordinary and that last a lifetime. Life is full of hard choices and the bigger they are and the more options they have, the harder Continue reading →

Daniel Bourha, a young Cameroonian Catholic talks about his perilous two-year journey to reach Europe. 

Daniel’s story begins at the end of 2014, when he went to visit his grandparents, who lived in the Far North of Cameroon. After two Continue reading →

To those who ask me which side I am on with so many armed and bloody conflicts being pursued in various regions of the world, I reply without hesitation that I am on the side of the victims of war. Continue reading →

Leaving the Church does not mean abandoning the faith; moving away from the faith does not mean giving up one’s spirituality. Even though they are leaving the Christian community, many young people continue to feel like believers.

Robert, a young Continue reading →