Fr. Joseph Bragotti, mccj One September I traveled to Denver to spend ten days with a group of priests, religious, and laypeople with whom I share a common life experience. We were all missionaries who served abroad and then “returned home.” Well, you may say, what’s...
Sister Rita recently ordered 12 computers for her students at St. Francis de Sales technical school in Kpalime, Togo. When they arrived, only one computer worked. For a school with 100 students, one working computer will not suffice. When Marty Klenke of St. Susanna...
Pope Francis endeavored to make great gestures at the peace meeting for South Sudan in the Vatican. But the two counterparts Salva Kiir and Riek Machar have little control of the struggles in the country, knows Comboni missionary Gregor Schmidt. Question: Fr. Schmidt,...
In 2011, South Sudan seceded from Sudan following a landmark referendum on self-determination. Yet fewer than three years after the historic vote for independence, the world’s newest country descended into a civil war that, since December 2013, has brought killing and...
“We are tired,” “This is too much,” “I am angry”: These were some of the comments sisters in Uganda made, after study and reflection on how the social teachings of the Catholic Church parallel to social issues affecting Uganda. The...
