She manages the Damien Hospital, the only specialized facility to treat leprosy, tuberculosis and AIDS in all of southern Bangladesh. Sister Roberta Pignone, an Italian medical doctor, and a Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Congregation missionary, spoke to us about Continue reading →

At age 84, he thanks God for the almost unique opportunity to have worked as a doctor for sixty years in Africa.  He shares with us his story. 

I was born in the North of England. For as Continue reading →

American doctor Tom Catena earns top medical missionary award for saving lives in Africa’s forgotten war zone. 

An American surgeon hailed as “the world’s most important doctor”—to more than a million patients—is being honoured with a top international medical Continue reading →

He was rector of the Mar Elian shrine and parish priest of the Syrian Catholic community of Qaryatayn in central Syria when, on 21 May, 2015, he was kidnapped by ISIS militants. Father Jacques Mourad tells us his story and Continue reading →