A Spanish Claretian, for 35 years a missionary in Latin America, Fr. Maximino Cerezo Barredo, now ninety years old, is nicknamed “the painter of liberation” because his artistic work has renewed the sacred iconography of the continent starting from the Continue reading →

When Father Victor Sandoval went knocking on doors in one of Manila’s toughest slums to tell people he was moving into their midst, he was met with disbelief.

“At first, many didn’t trust us. They didn’t believe we were really Continue reading →

Brother José Eduardo Macedo de Freitas is a Portuguese Comboni missionary working as a nurse in the hospital of Kalongo, Uganda. He tells us how his missionary vocation came about and what he is doing in the field of healthcare Continue reading →

Sister Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph, shows no signs of slowing down in her long-standing fight to end the death penalty.

At 83, she is writing her fourth book while directing her advocacy organization, Ministry Against the Death Continue reading →

As a student of architecture, he came to Africa. The humanity of the people left a deep impression on him.  The experience not only broadened his horizon but also opened up a new door in his life. A Comboni missionary, Continue reading →

On 20 November 2022, Comboni Father Joseph Ambrosoli will be beatified in Kalongo in the north of Uganda. “God is love and I am his servant for the suffering people”.

“My name is Joseph Ambrosoli. I come from Ronago. I Continue reading →

A Filipino Comboni Missionary, Father Raul Tabaranza is developing his painting skills and is engaging in social media platforms to announce God’s love for humanity. 

I worked as a missionary priest in Zambia for almost nine years, and the sceneries Continue reading →

It was in Matany hospital that the miracle that led to Father Ambrosoli being beatified took place., underlines what beatification means for the Karimojong people.

I was fortunate enough to meet the Blessed Priest and Doctor Joseph Ambrosoli when I Continue reading →

Those who knew him well remember how, during the long African nights, at the hospital of Kalongo, a small light always shone in Father Giuseppe Ambrosoli’s room. That light now shines with a new brightness: it no longer emanates from Continue reading →

The beatification of father Joseph Ambrosoli is a blessing not only for the Archdiocese of Gulu, Uganda, where he spent most of his missionary life, nor for Africa alone, the continent he loved deeply, but also for the entire Church Continue reading →