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Last week, when speaking to his weekly audience, Pope Francis urged the world to take “only one side” in the Israeli-Palestinian war – the one “of peace”. He added, “War does not solve any problem, it only sows death and destruction, increases hatred, multiplies revenge. War erases the future”. He called for a day of […]
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Download Press Release On Tuesday, 14 March 2023, the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services (DCCMS) of Malawi reported that Cyclone Freddy had its centre (eye) over the southern district of Malawi. These districts included Mulanje, Phalombe, Thyolo, Blantyre, Neno, Mwanza, Nsanje, Chikwawa, Chiradzulu and Zomba. These are the same areas that are still
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On Sunday, 25 September 2022, the Catholic Church commemorates the 108th World Day of Migrants and Refugees (WDMR). This year, Pope Francis has chosen “Building the Future with Migrants and Refugees” as the theme to highlight the importance of committing ourselves to the call of building together a future that embraces God’s plan. The Holy
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[Download this Press Statement] Jesuit priest Rutilio Grande of El Salvador is to be beatified on Saturday 22nd January in San Salvador along with two lay companions and Franciscan Father Cosme Spessotto. All were victims of murder at the hands of death squads during years of terror in El Salvador and were martyrs for faith
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“Walking with the excluded: Walk with the poor, the outcasts of the world, those whose dignity has been violated, in a mission of reconciliation and justice.” Inspired by the third universal apostolic preference of the Jesuits, the COVID-19 response by the Society of Jesus in Zambia, has helped over 3,800 families in Lusaka at a
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The Society of Jesus joyfully announces the formation of a new Southern Africa Province. Today Fr General Arturo Sosa, the Superior-General of the Jesuits in Rome, suppresses the Region of South Africa and the Provinces of Zambia-Malawi and Zimbabwe-Mozambique, and instituted a new province, the Southern Africa Province, consisting of the countries of Botswana, eSwatini,
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