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Mission

Pope Leo XIV. Formed by the fire of Mission.

In this missionary month, Bishop Adolfo Zon Pereira of Alto Solimões, Amazonia, Brazil, reflects: “To the chair of Peter, Pope Leo brings the experience of a shepherd with the smell of the sheep, of a missionary who learned to evangelize on his knees, while listening”. In the silence of the peripheries, where the Gospel often…

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World Mission Sunday. “You shall be my witnesses”.

This year World Mission Day will be celebrated on Sunday, on 23 October, focused on the theme: “You shall be my witnesses” (Acts 1:8). In his message, the Pope reflected on three foundations of the life and mission of every disciple: “You shall be my witnesses”, “to the ends of the earth” and “you shall…

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A year of grace and gratitude.

The Comboni Missionary Sisters celebrate the 150th year since their foundation. A year to recall the original vision received from the legacy of St. Daniel Comboni This year, 2022, is a Jubilee Year for us Comboni Missionary Sisters spread out in many countries of the world. Indeed, a time of great rejoicing for the gift…

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Mission. To the last breath.

Sixty Comboni Missionaries have died due to the Coronavirus with around 350 infected. Many of them spent their whole lives in Africa or Latin America. We remember three of them. The sun is setting at Lachor Hospital in Northern Uganda. Brother Elio makes his way home after a long day’s work. He is worried at…

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Advocacy

Besjana Guri and Olsi Nika. To protect a wild river.

The campaign to safeguard the Vjosa River from a surge in hydropower dam projects led to its historic designation as the Vjosa Wild River National…

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Baobab

The Wisdom of Kalaga.

On that day, an elephant, a mouse, a woman, and a thief appeared before Kalaga, who was seated in court to hear the grievances of his subjects…

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Youth & Mission

The Jubilee. The Voice of Youth.

We met some of the young people who had come to Rome for the Youth Jubilee.  (July 28 – August 3). The underground, streets, buses, and bars…

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