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In Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, gangs and gang “warfare” are plentiful.
In the local dialect there this is known as “Kuluna”: acts of violent banditry. Bands of young men wait in hiding for some local citizen to walk...
Since 1998, Fr. Geraldo has served as a Missionhurst priest with a personal calling to fight against child abuse and neglect. Today he serves at the Sunflower Children’s Center in the Philippines. This is his story.
I was born in 1966 in Minas Gerais, Brazil. My father and mother managed to send all four of us children to...
On December 8, 2015, the feast of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Francis promulgated the Jubilee Year of Mercy in order to renew the Church’s awareness of God’s mercy and to remind Christians everywhere that, “The Church’s first truth is the love of Christ. The Church makes herself a servant of this love and...
"We will not stop hunting Christians and burning churches. Christians are Allah's enemies!"
It is certainly no secret that much of the humanitarian aid and relief work all around the globe flows from distinctly Christian institutions — not a small amount of which are Catholic. Not surprisingly, the impact these organizations have extends to nations where Christians are in the minority.
For example, only 2% of the...
Missionhurst Missionaries build Catholic communities in frontier situations: places where the gospel is not preached or lived. This blog is about their work in the four corners of the globe, and their holistic work in four areas of focus: relief and healthcare, socio-economic development, education, and pastoral work.
