“I cannot forget the amazing experience of my first arrival in Nyal, in South Sudan, a few months ago. My attention was immediately attracted by the songs and dances of so many people who were carrying nice flags: they were Continue reading →
The introduction of rubber plantation, by Sister Rose, in villages across the northeast of India brought in progress to the lives of villagers. Residents not only improved their economic status but also ended their dependence on moneylenders who used to Continue reading →
From Nigeria to Canada and back to Benin. The encounter with the dignity of a poor people, the discovery of Christian communities rich in vitality and faith. Mons. François Gnonhossou, Bishop of Dassa-Zoumè says: “ The mission does not consist Continue reading →
Kibera is one of the largest slums on the outskirts of Nairobi. A small missionary community has been living there for almost twenty-two years. They have created the ‘Bank of Trust’. The idea is ‘to encourage people and push them Continue reading →
Choosing faraway places and love for the poorest are the characteristics of a community of Christians who live, as Pope Francis says, “at the ends of the earth”.
Fr Elizeo Hla is a small dark man with a permanent smile. Continue reading →
The city of Tumaco has been the theatre of clashes between criminal gangs for the control of the drug market. Nevertheless there are those who have chosen to remain, to grow in faith with the local people and to respond Continue reading →
The small monastery of the Poor Clares in the city of Hong Kong. An experience of prayer and silence in a small island just a few minutes from the centre of a big city.
At the age of 80, an American Maryknoll missionary, Fr Bob McCahill continues riding his bicycle on the countryside roads of Bangladesh, to meet and help sick people, especially children. He is a sign of Christian love among Muslim and Continue reading →
He explores the sun-scorched savannah with a wooden stick in his hand. Silently, he listens for the vibrations of the water. He is a Comboni Missionary dowser who, for thirty-five years has sought the life that flows beneath the ground. Continue reading →
