American doctor Tom Catena earns top medical missionary award for saving lives in Africa’s forgotten war zone. 

An American surgeon hailed as “the world’s most important doctor”—to more than a million patients—is being honoured with a top international medical Continue reading →

He was rector of the Mar Elian shrine and parish priest of the Syrian Catholic community of Qaryatayn in central Syria when, on 21 May, 2015, he was kidnapped by ISIS militants. Father Jacques Mourad tells us his story and Continue reading →

Those who know Sr. Elen would describe her as a warm, gentle, soft-spoken and calm.

Prior to her years serving the rural poor through the  Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP), she served as a teacher, counselor, and then Continue reading →