Last year, 18 Catholic missionaries were murdered worldwide: 13 priests, three religious sisters, one seminarian, and one lay leader.  On 15 January 2023, a Nigerian priest was burned alive and another suffered gunshot wounds after attackers stormed a priests’ house. Continue reading →

Sister Nelly León, a woman religious from Chile, has consecrated her life to accompanying women in prison. 

My name is Nelly León. I am a woman religious of the Congregation of the Good Shepherd. I currently manage one of the Continue reading →

Sister Wamuyu Teresia Wachira  believes peace is possible, that the vicious cycles of violence and injustice can be broken, and that the media can bring conflicting parties together by “looking at both sides”.

Sr Wamuyu Teresia Wachira belongs to the Continue reading →

She has dedicated more than 20 years of her life to prisoners. 

Something has changed in the Philippines since the arrival of Ferdinand Marcos Jr as president, “But we can’t say yet if the situation is improving; it’s too early Continue reading →

Father Luke Anatole Welemu, a Malawian missionary talk with us about his vocation journey. 

I am the last born in a family of three brothers and two sisters. I come from Dedza district located in the Central Region of Malawi. Continue reading →

The French author and well-known in India for his ode to the city of Kolkata titled ‘The City of Joy’, died aged 91 on Sunday 4^th December 2022. 

For Irudhaya Jothi, an anti-poverty activist in West Bengal, the contribution Continue reading →

I have been in Peru for 11 years, the last three of which I spent in Huánuco, a plateau city at an altitude of 1,800 meters surrounded by mountains. All its hills are filled with settlements with temporary cottages.

It’s Continue reading →

I am in the parish of Kanawat, in the land of the Karimojong, in north-eastern Uganda. The irregular rains of recent years have brought us through a period of poor harvests. There are areas where things are better, but in Continue reading →

Despite unbearable heat, lack of adequate medical equipment, and virtually non-existent roads, Comboni Brother Dr. Juan Carlos Salgado loves his job at St. Michael Hospital in Donomanga, Chad, a Catholic mission in the south of the country.

“I am happy Continue reading →

Fr Paul Schneider is an American-born Spanish diocesan priest. He left his home to become a missionary in Ethiopia. He talked with us about his experience with the Oromo people.  Here is what he said. 

My mission is in Lagarba Continue reading →