Amapá: 70 Years of PIME in the Amazons Fr. Bouba Enock confers with a young man after Mass. Fr. Bouba and Fr. Giancarlo Vecchiato travelgreat distances to share the Word with 100 communities along the banks of the Amazon. By Ana Claudia Machado In 1948, Bishop Pirovano and Fr. Cerqua arrived in Macapá, where the missionaries […]
Fr. Gian Paolo Gualzetti poses for a photo in front of a Mother Teresa mural in Dhaka, Bangladesh. By Anna PozziIn the industrial area on the outskirts of Dhaka, Fr. Gian Paolo Gualzetti carries out a very special apostolate: support for young workers who are often forced to work jobs that are exhausting, unsafe, and […]
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 […]
The Saints Next Door By Fr. Piero Masolo, PIME In Algeria for the past four years, a PIME Missionary re-reads the figures of the 19 Algerian martyrs to be beatified: “I often feel that they are accompanying me.” “Our Church is experiencing an intense joy, we are given the grace of being able to remember […]
A Mission in the Megalopolis of Tokyo Fr. Andrea Lembo, PIME, works with young people to help those spiritually lost in the sprawling mega-city of Tokyo, Japan. By Emanuela Citterio Facing the challenge presented by the boys and girls of the Japanese capital means meeting them in their physical and existential places. This is the story […]
Mission in the Heart of the City Fr. Giovanni Demaria, PIME, poses for a picture with those whom he works alongside at Our Lady of Fatima in Bissau. By Emanuela Citterio In the parish of Fatima, in the Bissau Center, there is the need for faith and also daily needs. The testimony of Fr. Giovanni […]
The Missionary Farmer Bro. Ottorino is not one to wear a cassock, and he is never afraid to get his hands dirty, either! By Emanuela Citterio Brother Ottorino Zanatta, 68, is a PIME Missionary Brother and a farmer. He lives in Cameroon, where, in 2010, he accepted the challenge of renovating a farm that is […]
Father Marazzi: A Mission of Humility Fr. Mario Marazzi has established a long legacy of missionary zeal and understanding in his many yearsas a missionary in Milan and Hong Kong; he refuses to let age slow his enthusiasm. By Fr. Gianni Criveller, PIME On May 22nd, Fr. Mario Marazzi, a PIME missionary in Hong Kong, […]
The Prophecy of the Discarded The Rainbow Team from one of the houses for disabled persons in Bangladesh poses for a picture during an outing. By Emanuela Citterio They are those who have been turned down by many and, thus, have kept people from meeting God. “To support this statement is Jean Vanier, 90, founder […]
Pope Francis meets with a small fan during the general audience in St. Peter’s Square. Gaudete et Exsultate- A Summary By Fr. Shanthi Chacko Puthussery, PIME A new apostolic exhortation, Gaudete et Exsultate (On the Call to Holiness in Today’s World), has been released by the Vatican signed on 19th March 2018. An apostolic exhortation […]
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