On being a servant
When being ordained a priest, I was asked: “Which passage from the Gospels most inspires your life? I immediately replied: (…) Read more
Hope – a unique opportunity for those living in poverty
Christian hope does not presuppose that people never fall apart, that they don’t refuse to keep going, or even that (…) Read more
This Christmas time
When I was a child, between 4 and 13, I would go down to the Bon Pasteur convent at midday (…) Read more
Every gesture of love fosters hope
The children huddle around Georgette,
pressing against her
like violets burrowing under moss.
Eleven little ones.
Jackie says, “I’m cold,” and Caroline, “It’s horrible (…) Read more
Tou bann prev lamour donn lespwar bann malere
Bann zanfan otour Georgette, zot koste-koste ar li. Bann mam kole. 11 ti-zanfan. Jacques dir: “mo pe gagn fre”, ek (…) Read more
Ishara yoyote ya upendo hujenga matumaini ya maskini
Watoto wako karibu na Georgette,
wanamkumbatia ,
wakiwa kama watu wanao ishi bila kujulikana.
Watoto kumi na moja.
Jacques akasema: “Nahisi baridi”, na Claudine (…) Read more
Turning history into fraternity
Humanity appears to be floundering in its history like a deaf, dumb and blind person desperately seeking their way forward. (…) Read more
The origins of the 17 October: marking a breakthrough in the thinking on human rights.
Poverty, extreme poverty, has become so glaring these days that it has become both inevitable and necessary that, at a (…) Read more
Október 17. eredete: áttörés az emberi jogokról való gondolkodásban
(…) A nyomor, a mélyszegénység az utóbbi időkben annyira kirívóvá vált, hogy a történelem egy bizonyos pontján elkerülhetetlenül és szükségszerűen (…) Read more
Na origem do dia 17 de outubro: assinalar um passo em frente na maneira de pensar os Direitos Humanos
(…) A miséria, a extrema pobreza, nos tempos que correm, é de tal modo gritante que se tornou inevitável que, (…) Read more