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8 December 1856: Lyon, SMA (African Missions Society) is founded
We are at the end of 1856, a year that we can call the foundation year of the SMA (African Missions Society) because of the choices, activities, documents, events and testimonies that accompanied it
D.R. Congo: Congolese Catholics take to the streets to protest increasing violence
Catholics and other Christians in Congo took to the streets Dec. 4 to protest increasing violence, often caused when neighboring countries seek the nation’s valuable minerals
A life dedicated to others: Father Ambrosoli, doctor and missionary, will be beatified on 20…
Father Giuseppe Ambrosoli, Combonian missionary and doctor, dedicated his life to Uganda, the country where his remains reside
COP27, African bishops call for climate reparations for vulnerable communities
After the first week of the UN Climate Conference COP27 ended, senior African Church leaders and Catholic organisations concerned about climate change celebrated a joint meeting to pray and discern practical actions to advocate for climate…
The Future of the Missions: a Conference for the 4th Centenary of Propaganda Fide
The missions as an instrument not only for evangelisation, but also for proposing a new economy and a new society. But in which direction to go? This will be one of the reflections addressed by the International Conference of Studies…
October 23, World Mission Day: Pope Francis’ message
"To me you will be witnesses", this is the theme at the centre of World Mission Day, to be celebrated on Sunday 23 October 2022. A passage from the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 1:8) that exhorts all believers to proclaim the Good News and…
Festival della Missione, starting today in Milan to talk about missionary action: 10 interesting…
The Festival della Missione ("Festival of the Mission") kicks off today, and will last until Sunday 2 October: in Milan they will talk about missionary action in the world
Mozambique, terrorist attack in the mission in Chipene: Sister Maria De Coppi killed
Sister Maria De Coppi was a Combonian nun, she was 83 and had been in Mozambique since 1963: she was the victim of a terrorist attack perpetrated in the mission in Chipene