A missionary project that could be summed up in an expression which is itself the indication of his boundless trust in the human and religious capacities of the African peoples: “Save Africa through Africa”

Daniel Comboni was born at Limone Continue reading →

He spent his entire life for the missionary cause. Father Manna took the first steps towards the foundation of the Missionary Union of the Clergy (today PUM), which Pope Pius XII called “the gem of his life.”

Paolo Antonio Manna Continue reading →

To bring the Gospel to those who had yet to hear it was a fundamental feature of the apostolic activity of Archbishop Guido Maria Conforti, founder of the Xaverian Missionaries, 

Guido Maria Conforti was born on March 30th 1865, Continue reading →

He had only thirteen years of active ministry, but he became one of France’s most important nineteenth-century missionary voices.

Jagel Libermann, a descendant of a Polish Jewish family, was on his way to becoming a second-generation rabbi when he was Continue reading →

He was a passionate and far-sighted humanitarian, never far from controversy, but possessing a strong faith in the ability of African Christians to carry out the effective evangelization of their continent.

Charles Martial Allemand Lavigerie, Cardinal Archbishop of Algiers and Continue reading →

“I am totally paralysed, but I feel a fullness of mind and heart that surprises me, and I dream of an accomplishment that I have not yet experienced… This wheelchair has become the best of the pulpits for me”

Manuel Continue reading →

Sr. Monica Luparello was born and raised in Palermo, Italy. After graduating in medicine and surgery, she entered the Congregation of the Comboni Missionary Sisters. She tells us her story. 

You might say that surely the profession I had Continue reading →

From a tragic experience a new vocation was born. Ordination under the shadow of Coronavirus. The desire to work with young people. Father Opiyo Constanz, a Ugandan Comboni Missionary speaks with us about his vocation journey.  

The desire to Continue reading →

He specialised in Metallic Construction, shaping objects of copper and steel, because he wanted to improve the life of people around him. He ended up modelling young people who want to transform the world. A Comboni Brother Adossi Koffissan Matthias Continue reading →

Father Missay Soku Jérôme, a Comboni Missionary from DR. Congo talks about his experience in a South African parish. 

I was born in 1978 in Kisangani (DR Congo). My parents were staunch Catholics, and their faith influenced me deeply. Continue reading →