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Category: WM Special
WM Special

The ‘Top Ten’ Humanitarian Crises

Sudan, Congo, Somalia, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe, Iraq, Myanmar and Pakistan. In Africa and Asia, these eight countries suffered, in 2008, the worst humanitarian and medical emergencies. Last year, the world was also affected by a surge of cases of tuberculosis in HIV patients and “pandemic” malnutrition that costed the lives of up to 5 million children under the age of five. According to the Doctors Without Borders, these are the “Top Ten” crises that need to be closely followed in the near future.

Tricia Garcia
WM Special

The Earth is God’s Mirror

For St. Francis, every creature in the world was a mirror of God’s presence and, if approached correctly, a step leading one to God. The most popular saint among environmentalists, and certainly one of the most loved and respected by all sorts
of people is certainly a case apart in the history of Christianity. But his vision has strong echoes in the Bible, from the Genesis to Jesus’ teachings and Catholic tradition. Put together, these legacies allow us to elaborate a Creation Theology that teaches us to love and protect God’s gifts.

Seán Mcdonagh, SSC | Environmentalist and Writer
WM Special

The Dialogue Mission

About to celebrate its 25th anniversary, the Zamboanga-based Silsilah Dialogue Movement has been opening paths of peace through dialogue. Dialogue with God, oneself, others and creation, is a spirituality. The history of the movement is interwoven with that of its founder, Fr. Sebastiano D’Ambra. The Italian-born missionary has suffered a few attempts against his life, perpetrated either by the military or the Moro rebel separatists, but never gave up his life’s dream – that became his mission – of making peace through dialogue.

José António M. Rebelo | Comboni Missionary
WM Special

Our Scandalous, Nonviolent God

Encountering the true God is our only hope. It’s how we discover our own true nature and reclaim our fundamental humanity as peaceful, loving, nonviolent people. Encountering the true God will empower us to become peacemakers and fill us with the sense of being “sons and daughters of the God of peace.” On that day, we will fully know God, and peace and justice will flow naturally.

Father John Dear, SJ | Peace Activist and Writer
WM Special

Life’s Peace Awards

Sometimes, especially in hard times, we need life examples. From people like us, who, because of some trials or by choice, found a new path. The three figures World Mission chose could not be more different: a Colombian presidential candidate who was kidnapped and rediscovered faith in the hell of the jungle; a Palestinian beauty technician who was prepared to be a suicide bomber but became a peace fighter; and an American Jesuit who is a well-known preacher and practitioner of nonviolence. Each one, in her/his own way, has something to teach us about the conversion of the heart, the way to face adversity and find God. All of them have something in common: their lives deserved a peace award.

Manuel Giraldes | Journalist
WM Special

Economic Greed is a Spiritual Crisis

Let’s make no bones about it. This financial crisis is a major spiritual crisis. It is the crisis of a society that worships at the temples of consumption, and that has isolated and often abandoned millions of consumers now trapped in a treadmill of debt.

Ann Pettifor | Economist
WM Special

The Rich-Poor Divide is Growing

The “American Dream” of upward social mobility appears to have emigrated from its birthplace in the United States to northern Europe, according to a new major report of OECD on the growth of economic equality over the past 20 years. In terms of inequality, the Americans just lag behind Mexicans and Turks.

Jim Lobe Journalist – IPS
WM Special

Poor Countries Face Disaster

As the U.S., Europe and rich countries throw billions in lifeboats to end financial crises, let’s spare a thought for poorer developing nations which, without such means, are facing absolute disaster.

William M. Gumede | Journalist – Postglobal
WM Special

The Huge Cost of Greed

The global crisis, which is harming even the world’s strongest economies, is costing millions their houses, jobs and lifetime savings. To those who are already poor, the present is getting harder and harder and the future will be even bleaker. All this is the result of pure greed and of the “free-market religion.”

Manuel Giraldes | Journalist
WM Special

The Exodus’ Impact

When 10% of a population is living abroad, its impact must be big not only on the over 8.7 million migrants but, above all, on the whole Filipino society – albeit they adapt well to foreign lands and take with them the essentials of their culture. Only last August, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines warned that the magnitude of the process is putting a big stress on families. And there are also those who don’t feel at ease anymore when they come back, even for vacations.

Trina Z. Mateo | Journalist
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