Current Events Archives - Pime Missionaries

Fr. Pat Murphy washes the feet of a Latin-American boy on Holy Thursday.

May 10, 2019 | By pime_admin | In American Priest, Anna Pozzi, Asylum Seekers, Border, Catholic, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Current Events, Displaced, Immigrants, Immigration, Mercy, Mexico, Mission, Mission in Mexico, Missionaries, Missionary Service, Missions, Modern Mission, Uncategorized

Beyond the Wall

By Anna Pozzi At the Migrant House in Tijuana, close to the border, the Scalabrinian Missionaries welcome Central American immigrants and Mexicans deported from the US. Their mission: to try to give them a future in the new year, and beyond. “We start 2019 with a lot of momentum, and many projects, one of these […]

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January 17, 2019 | By PIMEMissionariesUSA | In Caritas, Caritas Australia, Climate Change, Current Events, Environment, Fr. Giorgio Licini, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, PIME Mission Insight, PIME Missionary, Social Justice

Brother Ocean

Brother Ocean The Pacific Ocean viewed from Woodlark Island in Papua New Guinea, the station of the PIME Missionaries’first martyr, Blessed John Mazzucconi. By Fr. Giorgio Licini, PIME In Poland, the UN returns to discussing a report about climate by the Caritas of the Pacific states. An ecological question coincides with the recognition of the […]

January 8, 2018 | By PIMEMissionariesUSA | In Burma, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Current Events, Myanmar, Peace, Rakhine State, Refugees, Religious Persecution, Rohingya, Tatmadaw, Yangon

Peace in Myanmar

Peace in Myanmar Rohingya refugees gathered for food aid at the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh on October 19, 2017. Assistance, rehabilitation, and resettlement of refugees are the goals of the latest government initiative which included thousands of people at an interreligious event called by Aung San Suu Kyi. Cardinal Charles Maung Bo […]

September 12, 2017 | By PIMEMissionariesUSA | In Asia, Bangladesh, Bharatiya Janata Party, Castes, Current Events, Dalits, Hindu, Hindus, India, Muslim, Muslims, PIME, PIME Missionaries, Social Justice

Humans Killed to Save Cows

Humans Killed to Save Cows A poor, elderly Indian woman begs by a sacred cow at the Agra Railway Station in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh recently passed stricter laws safeguarding cows in the state. The campaign to protect the honor and safety of the various breeds of cattle in the country has become lethal. Only […]

September 5, 2017 | By PIMEMissionariesUSA | In Current Events, Korea, North Korea, PIME, Seoul, South Korea

Separated Koreans Dying Out

Separated Koreans Dying Out RIibbons hung on the fence on the South Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone signify the peoples’ enduring hope for reunification with their estranged countrymen. The number of South Koreans waiting to meet northern relatives is decreasing rapidly. In 1988 there were more than 131,000; now there are 61,000, 43% of […]

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