Together, the UN pointed out, their grain was an essential food source for some of the poorest and most vulnerable people, providing more than one-third of the wheat imported by 45 African and [...]
In his speech Fr. Ignatius Soreng raised tribal communities’ concerns and struggles because of painful forced replacement, migration, and resettlement as they are witnessing the destruction of [...]
Since colonisation, the outlying areas - in the south, west and east - have felt marginalised and demanded their share of the wealth and power. Violent repression by the North and Centre elites has [...]
Israel’s radical new government did not create this reality but rather made it impossible to deny. The temporary status of “occupation” of the Palestinian territories is [...]
There was a good and peaceful young man named Ponga. He was also an excellent hunter. One day he caught a ‘mugumbi’ in a trap, a small forest animal that burrows underground. The poor [...]
"This suggests that the IMF was four times more effective in getting governments to cut their budgets than in ensuring minimal social investments," said Oxfam Internacional's interim [...]
One of the major problems of the transition is that the consumption of fossil fuels in the world is not decreasing. It is increasing. Oil and coal consumption reached record levels last year. Only [...]
The October assembly will be - after the diocesan and continental steps - the third stage of the Synod on synodality and the future of the Church. It will gather 370 members, 80 of whom (21% of the [...]
All over the African continent, there are conflicts that wreak havoc. As in all wars, those most affected are women and children. The children’s situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo [...]
There were, many innovations and one was very important: the encyclical ruled out that, in the atomic age, war could bring justice. For some time the Church had taught that war was evil, admitting, [...]