By the PIME General Directorate The General Directorate of PIME, on the confrere-victims of the pandemic from the House of the Senior Missionaries in Rancio di Lecco. “We share the fate of all humanity’s suffering. Let us strengthen our fraternity and ask the Father to accomplish His will, even at this hour.” In recent days, […]
By Fr. Ace Valdez, PIME What follows happened to Fr. Ace Valdez, a PIME Missionary in São Paulo, Brazil. “On Sunday, a young man tried to rob me. It was from my chance meeting – which took place on the feast day of St. Francis – that I understood something more about my being a […]
By Fr. Gian Paolo Gualzetti, PIME What follows is the testimony of Fr. Gian Paolo Gualzetti, who stands beside the young workers in the industrial suburbs of Dhaka, Bangladesh. “The economic pressure and hunger here are stronger than any other country in lockdown. We try to help those facing the most difficulty. Medicine here? The […]
By The Mondo e Missione Editorial Staff There are still 150,000 maritime transport workers stranded on ships due to the Coronavirus emergency. There are even those who have not been ashore for 15 months now. The International Maritime Organization, which handles 90% of the world’s goods, has appealed for this sector to “be recognized as […]
By Emanuela Citterio Sister Laura Cantoni recounts the drama of the fight against Covid-19 from the Diocesan Hospital of Parintins. It is a struggle with very few means and a great deal of dedication in the Amazon, which has been increasingly affected by the virus. “The great concern these days is that the virus is […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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