In late April, Save the Children warned that the number of children in Mozambique who are acutely malnourished could double, from just under 60,000 to 115,000. The destruction of cyclone Idai was compounded by the landfall of tropical storm Kenneth on April 27. Crops...
The leaders of the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) sector of the Comboni circumscriptions of English-speaking Africa (APDESAM) and French-speaking Africa (ASCAF) met in an assembly from April 1 to 7, 2019, at the Good Shepherd Centre for Peace,...
This article first appeared in Comboni Missions magazine spring 2018/19 by: Kathleen M. Carroll Mining giant Vale just unleashed the largest environmental disaster ever in Brazil. Again. On January 25, 2019, a massive mining dam collapsed in south central Brazil,...
Now celebrated internationally as Mother Earth Day, the first-ever Earth Day was declared on April 22, 1970, in the United States. A response to several cultural factors, including the bestselling Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson, Earth Day is cited by some as the...
Pope Francis’s choice of Panama for the location of World Youth Day 2019 drew international attention to the plight of Central American migrants. Pilgrims from Nicaragua and Venezuela received public and vocal support from their Panamanian hosts. In his final...
On March 15, cyclone Idai hit the west coast of Africa with one of the regions most powerful storms in a decade. Winds in excess of 120 mph were reported and severe flooding has been reported in Malawi and Zimbabwe. But the greatest destruction has fallen on...
