My name is Elena Balatti, and I am a Comboni Missionary. I serve as the director of Caritas in the Diocese of Malakal.

Malakal is a city situated on the banks of the Nile, very close to the border. The Continue reading →

Brother Godfroy-Abel Dimanche talks about his experience as a formator and his involvement in pastoral activities with Afro-descendants.

I am from the Central African Republic and have been a formator at the Comboni Missionaries’ International Centre for Brothers in Bogotá, Continue reading →

Christophe Blawo, a Comboni Brother, has just obtained a PhD in Social Transformation from Tangaza University.  Here, he talks about what this means for him and the community. 

The PhD journey is often described as a marathon of the mind, Continue reading →

A few months ago, he celebrated 15 years of priestly life, ten of which he spent in the Central African Republic. Father Fernado Cortes Barbosa, a Mexican, shares his missionary experience with us.

One afternoon, when I was just 21, Continue reading →

“My vocation began as a gentle stirring in my heart and blossomed into a living testament to grace, perseverance and divine providence”.  A Comboni deacon Nicholas Mbithi talks about his vocation journey. 

I am the youngest of eight children, with Continue reading →