A Comboni missionary living in South Sudan, a conflict-torn country, talks to us about the importance of tenderness and testimony.

Under the shade of a tree in the woods, fifty catechists are listening carefully to Father Jose Javier Parladé, a Continue reading →

The HIV plague is severely affecting young people but even more women, who are also victims of violence and outrage. A religious institution has established the Hakumana project (which means ‘let’s meet’ in the Ronga language) in order to face Continue reading →

Mobilization against pollution and injustice. Years of struggle to obtain the multinationals’ commitment to transferring the entire district of Piquiá de Baixo to a safe area far from pollution. The Comboni missionaries have supported the struggle of this community.

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Father Jacques Seck continues his lifelong vocation: that of promoting understanding between Christians and Moslems. As for the extremists, he says: “Let no one try to divide us”.

Despite his 83 years, he walks steadily through the streets of Dakar. Continue reading →

In Nyala,  in South Darfur in the south-west of Sudan, mission is just a presence and silent witness; a mission without much visibility or spectacle, in quietness; a mission where one cannot expect great personal gratification. A testimony of a Continue reading →

The current four-year-old conflict in South Sudan has forced more than 2.3 million people to flee their homes. These war-affected populations also need psycho-social and spiritual help to mitigate the effects of war traumas and to enable them to move Continue reading →

Uganda and the US have ended a six-year hunt for the fugitive warlord Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army. The LRA, now believed to be down to less than 120 armed men, has splintered into small units Continue reading →

She has been arrested and detained, harassed and also sued but this Benedictine nun continues her anti-mining advocacy and promotion of sustainable agriculture in the southern Philippine region of Mindanao.

Sr. Stella Matutina of the Order of St. Benedict has Continue reading →

A Comboni Missionary, who has been living in Arabic world for almost 25^th year, talk about his origin and how he feel working among Christians and Muslims. “My missionary experience changed from trying to proclaim values and to enlighten, Continue reading →

Four years of war have deeply affected the women and children. A Comboni Sister tells of her journey at their side. 

The newest nation on the planet has not yet found peace. After a clash in the capital Juba, in Continue reading →