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Fr. Raul Baluma Tabaranza, a priest for more than two decades, took a leap of faith on his mission in Zambia, Africa, as he encountered the drastic change of taking on multiple roles: as a priest, carpenter, doctor, and teacher, which all at once shaped his missionary life.
From the mountain villages and mourned loss in cities ravaged by war, Fr. Bonifacio Autentico Apaap Jr., a Filipino missionary, traveled across three nations-Eretria, Sudan and Egypt-for him to discover that mission is not about control or success–it is about faithfulness.
The economy has its importance; however, economic success cannot be the ultimate goal in human affairs. It cannot be allowed to entice and enslave human beings, erase cultures, and ruin the environment. The economy, on the contrary, must have a human face.
The bishops’ conferences and councils from Asia, Africa, and Latin America, with the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, have released a document calling for climate justice and ecological conversion ahead of the UN Climate Change conference, COP30, set to take place from November 10 to 21 in Belém, Brazil. Below is a summary.
The Philippines is the hardest-hit country in Asia by the frequency and greater intensity of typhoons indisputably caused by climate change. The World Meteorological Organization says climate disasters have become five times more intense in the archipelagic country in the past 50 years.
In the Bull of Indiction for the Jubilee of 2025, Pope Francis recalled the Canticle of the Poverello of Assisi, exhorting us “to have the simple eyes of St. Francis, who in his Canticle of Creatures, written 800 years ago, perceived creation as one big family and called the sun ‘brother’ and the moon ‘sister’.”
On the 10th anniversary of the publication of the encyclical Laudato Si’, we propose a reflection on the nature and fundamental aspects of this document, which has generated so many fruitful processes in the Church and continues to be widely recognized beyond the Catholic world.
What exactly is a Synod–and what does Synodality mean for today’s Church? In this Q&A, we explore key questions about the Synod: Who takes part, how it’s different from past assemblies, and why it marks a pivotal moment for dialogue, communion, and shared mission in the Catholic tradition.
Layperson and theologian Estela Padilla was a member of the Filipino delegation that participated in the Synod of Bishops on Synodality. She summarizes the entire Synod experience in three words: heart, mission, and poor.
Pope Leo embraces and supports Synodality. It appears new perspectives are slowly emerging regarding Synodality, and these new perspectives are from the point of view of our new pope’s advocacy of Catholic social teaching.
