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Girls First
A group of girls outside Sainte MoniqueBishop Jesús Ruiz of Mbaiki at Sainte Monique with several female residents.By: Enrique Bayo 170 girls are preparing for a better future at the Sainte Monique Boarding School in Mbata (RCA). The discrimination faced by Central...
Fr. Michael Barton, mccj
| April 6, 1948 – August 29, 2026 | The Comboni Missionaries mourn the death of Fr. Michael “Mike” Barton, mccj, who died Saturday, August 29, 2026, at the age of 78. A native of Indianapolis, Fr. Mike was ordained to the priesthood on December 14, 1975, at St....
Is There Anything to Celebrate?
South Sudan won its independence in 2011. Fifteen years later, the country continues to face profound institutional, economic, social, and environmental challenges, for which Salva Kiir and Riek Machar—the two most influential political figures in the history of this...
Pope Leo XIV: Today’s Crisis of Moral Values Legitimizes the Unacceptable
by Edoardo Giribaldi Pope Leo XIV meets with the academic community at the Catholic University of Central Africa in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Neither “material wealth” nor the “abundance of natural resources” measures the “greatness” of a nation, he says, pointing to...
The Voice of a Country
By: Enrique Bayo The Africa-Europe Faith and Justice Network denounces realities such as land grabbing and encourages projects in favor of peace and development in Cameroon. The Cameroonian branch of the international organization Africa-Europe Faith and Justice...
A House Built by Love
By: Kathleen M. Carroll In Uganda, family is everything. For a young Pompilla (Pompy) Agalo, the lack of a family was a hurdle this bright, energetic girl could not overcome. When her mother died, Pompy was only about 12. Because her father was from another ethnic...