Filipino Comboni missionary, Father Moises Estacio has spent the first 13 years of his missionary life in Taipei, Taiwan.He shares his experience with us.
The first challenge that I had to face was learning the language: Mandarin Continue reading →
“I was searching for a direction in my life, a direction which I hoped, could lead me somewhere closer to God…I was searching for this presence with the wrong initial perspectives… and it took me a while to understand that Continue reading →
Perseverance and Faithfulness will carry us all the way long. All is a gift from God. Be grateful, do what you can and remain faithful to the call of Jesus. That will bring you to the good end. A Comboni Continue reading →
“The medical care offered to the sick is more than a profession; it is the fulfilment of my missionary vocation. The work of a doctor is a mean to manifest the love of God for people, especially the most vulnerable Continue reading →
The Delhi-based International Human Rights Council has picked Mgr Thomas Menamparampil, Archbishop Emeritus of Guwahati, in Assam (India) as its 2019 Ambassador for Peace.
The prelate welcomed the news of the prize with awe and selflessness. “I never worked for Continue reading →
He was a leader in the pro-democracy movement in Indonesia in 1998 that finally brought down the authoritarian Suharto regime. He left political activism and became priest.
Father Stefanus Hendrianto, 45, was among the ranks of students involved in Continue reading →
Eighty-one-year-old Sister Gerard, who for four decades has counselled prisoners in the country’s death row, has been included in the yearly list of BBC’s most influential women from all over the globe.
A 15-year-old girl from Cameroon is one of two winners of the 2019 International Children’s Peace Prize. Divina Maloum was rewarded for her efforts in promoting children’s rights by visiting school to warn students against joining armed groups, such as Continue reading →
Migrants arrive at Casa Betania Santa Martha weary from walking for days. The shelter is a waystation in Mexico’s southern Chiapas state, where migrants wait to take rides atop the occasional northbound freight train rumbling by.
