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By Fr. Antonio Carlos | Editor

As Pope Francis says, using weapons to solve conflicts is a sign of weakness and fragility. Instead, negotiating, mediating, and building peace requires courage. May men and women of goodwill have the…


In This Issue


Shalom To Everyone!

As Pope Francis says, using weapons to solve conflicts is a sign of weakness and fragility. Instead, negotiating, mediating, and building peace requires courage. May men and women of goodwill have the…

Pope Francis: ‘Please be pacifists’

During an inflight press conference the Holy Father requested journalists to be pacifists. Pacifism does not mean lying down and allowing brutal aggressors to kill and destroy. Quite the contrary!…

Happy New YOU!

Let us start our 2023 journey on the right foot by being grateful to our loving and merciful God who never stops loving us. Let us be resolute by relying on prayer as the companion in our journey.

Africa Awaits Pope Francis in 2023

The Pope has always spoken of the need to go to the peripheries, and at the beginning of the year, he will be doing just that by visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. Pope Francis…

Journeying with Pope Francis

Pope Francis, elected as the 266th pontiff in 2013, is now in his tenth year of service. Enriching the Church, his insights cover a broad range of topics, including climate change, migrants,…

Mounting Inequality Makes Us Rethink

Profit-making ethics controls every dimension of human life. The concepts of duty, reliability, and transparency are described in contract terms. Thus, workers are reduced to slavery unable to own a…

Don’t Be a Bully!

Those who bully like instilling fear or humiliation on others. How would you like it if somebody likes taunting you and saying hurtful words to you? Worse, they might even physically harm you and…

From Generation To Generation God Speaks

The God of the Bible reveals Himself to people: Abraham, Moses, Elijah. The peak of God’s revelation is when the Word became flesh in Jesus Christ.

Lonely Victim of the Earthquake

In the community of Monterrico, in Peru, Fr. Peter–the name of our protagonist–is well known for his fine hearing and light sleep. Both qualities are most useful in this seismic zone of the Pacific.

World Touch


PHILIPPINES: New Law To End Discrimination Against Women

The Philippine Congress has passed a new law that aims to end discrimination against women and ensure gender equality in the workplace.

WORLD: Half Of World’s Democracies In Decline

Half of the world’s democracies are in a state of decline amid worsening civil liberties and rule of law while already authoritarian governments are becoming more oppressive, an intergovernmental…

AFRICA: Pope’s Visit To South Sudan

Pope Francis will make an apostolic journey to the Democratic Republic of Congo, visiting the capital Kinshasa from 31 January to 3 February, before traveling to Juba, South Sudan, for an “ecumenical…

UNITED KINGDOM: Christians Now A Minority

For the first time, less than half of the people in England and Wales describe themselves as Christian, making the two countries within the United Kingdom minority Christian countries, according to…

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