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Sr Teodora. Choosing life in the midst of war

April 5, 2023

Sister Teodora Shulak, Superior General of the Redemptorist sisters, shares her reflections and her interior struggles in the face of Russia’s ongoing war in her home country, Ukraine.

“The spiritual component of every person is very sensitive. Obviously, in a Continue reading →

Witnesses

Father Clement. An open community

April 5, 2023

Father Clement Kazaku Bosh Bebe tells us about his parish experience on the outskirts of the Congolese capital Kinshasa.

After ten years in South Africa, I returned to the land of my ancestors – the Democratic Republic of the Congo Continue reading →

Witnesses

Pope Francis to Congolese youth

March 8, 2023

Looking at the hands with which a different future can be built, Pope Francis suggests “five ingredients for the future”, like the five fingers.

In the stadium of the Martyrs of Kinshasa, 65,000 young Congolese welcome Pope Francis with songs Continue reading →

Youth in Action

The Way of Life

March 8, 2023

O God, Creator and Sustainer, we offer thanks for the richness of creation, for the hidden treasures of the earth, fruitful, extravagant, and boundless.With joy, we receive them from your hand and wonder, “Who are we, your creatures, that Continue reading →

Why Not?

Setting Out on a Journey

March 8, 2023

To live one’s vocation is always synonymous with uninstallation, leaving, going out, searching, setting out on a journey, and meeting.

These days, I have been thinking about the words of Pope Francis when he, in the encyclical Fratelli Tutti, Continue reading →

Questions & Answers

The Fruits of Mission

March 8, 2023

The Seventy-two returned with joy… ‘Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven’.” (Luke 10: 17–20)

The Disciple comes back to the One who sent him. Continue reading →

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