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Churches June 2023

Brazil. Manaus. Sister Liliana and children of the favelas.

On the outskirts of the capital of the state of Amazonas, the Casa Mamãe Margarida school helps vulnerable girls to find hope and the concreteness of the Gospel in education and training. Sr. Liliana Daou Lindoso, the Salesian Sister in charge of the house, tells us about it. St. Joseph the Worker is a dormitory…

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Chad. Promoting Integral Health.

At St Michael’s Hospital in Donomanga, Chad, a team of health professionals, co-ordinated by the Mexican Comboni Missionary Brother and medical doctor, Juan Carlos Salgado, does everything possible to ensure that patients are treated with respect and professionalism, healing them and helping them to have hope. We went to visit the Hospital. We left Laï,…

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The Philippines. Taking Different Paths.

The many challenges of Monsignor Pablo Virgilio David, bishop of the diocese of Kalookan, on the outskirts of Manila, and also president of the Philippine Bishops’ Conference. His pastoral and charitable commitment led him to take sides against all forms of injustice and violence to the extent that, during the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte, he…

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Advocacy

Besjana Guri and Olsi Nika. To protect a wild river.

The campaign to safeguard the Vjosa River from a surge in hydropower dam projects led to its historic designation as the Vjosa Wild River National…

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Baobab

The Wisdom of Kalaga.

On that day, an elephant, a mouse, a woman, and a thief appeared before Kalaga, who was seated in court to hear the grievances of his subjects…

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Youth & Mission

The Jubilee. The Voice of Youth.

We met some of the young people who had come to Rome for the Youth Jubilee.  (July 28 – August 3). The underground, streets, buses, and bars…

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