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The type of development being applied in Amazonia is having devastating effects, says Cardinal Claudio Humes – president of the commission for Amazonia of the Brazilian Conference of Bishops. The prelate explains how the local Churches are preparing for the Synod of Bishops for Amazonia which will be celebrated in October 2019.
Missionaries are present amongst the Lumads advocating for their land rights, setting up literacy schools, improving their livelihood and providing for health programs. They also promote inculturation with the view of deepening the people’s faith.
An original experience, proper of the human condition, loneliness affects us all in different ways. In entrusting Himself to the Father during the agony of Gethsemane, Jesus transformed pain into love, defeat into victory.
The fulfillment of human existence consists in the apparent paradox of giving away so as to receive back. Or better still, in self-giving in order to find everlasting joy and success. This existential wisdom is enshrined in the sayings of Jesus of Nazareth, in the lives of saints and in all religions.
“The one who accepts suffering trusting in God is at the centre of the universe” (Simone Weil). For the same reason, those who help people who suffer in every way possible, emerge as a force for good in society and a dynamic element in the cosmic order.
It was a mother’s funeral that started the organization Willing Hearts. Founder, Tony Tay, shares what he learned from his mother, Maggie, and how he manages with a team of volunteers to distribute food and other items to the needy in Singapore.
It started in 2011 with one volunteer, one bicycle and 34 beneficiaries. Today, Re-food has 7,000 volunteers and distributes one million meals a year to 6,300 hungry people in Portugal.
Global hunger is a phenomenon that is increasing yearly particularly in countries wracked by conflict. In spite of Zero Hunger by 2030 as being Goal 2 of the U.N.‘s Sustainable Development Goals, it seems it may not be met. A better understanding of the difference between food security and food sovereignty is a key factor in solving the problem.
The author of this article could have opted to join the corporate world as her mass communication skills are quite impressive. However, Ilsa chose to become a media missionary as she believes that with so much misinformation and negative news around, the Good News is being drowned.
Journalists, writers, reporters, commentators have been silenced for speaking and exposing the truth. Since 1986, 177 journalists and media workers have been killed in the Philippines, making the country one of the most dangerous countries to practice journalism, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
