this month inside World Mission

Vol. XVIII × No. 4

APRIL-MAY 2006

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VOCATION
St. Peter Chanel
The man with a kind heart

The people of Futuna Island called him "the man with a kind heart. "But Peter Chanel, who became a saint and the patron of Oceania, was also a humble, simple and joyful priest, a missionary, a peacemaker. And, in troubled times, he can be an inspiration to all of us. Read

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CARDINAL JOSEPH ZEN

"The Chinese people are crushed."

- Interview by Jose Rebelo and Manuel Augusto Ferreira

Comboni Missionaries

Bishop Zen is concerned with the Church of China. He says that "the people are crushed," that "the government controls everything." He fears for what can happen as "social upheaval, especially among the farmers, is progressively coming to the surface."

CHINA WINDOW

The future of the Church is at stake

- By Gerard O'Connel

UcaNews

The Holy See is deeply concerned about the appointment of new bishops in China in the coming years. This will determine the course of China's Catholic Church for decades.

WM SPECIAL

Crucifixions - Behind the media show

- By Leonardo N. Mercado

Every Good Friday, foreign tourists, curious Filipino onlookers and the national and international media throng to watch live crucifixions. Let′s try to understand the phenomenon that lies behind the "show": what looks as a barbaric form of expiation is also a way to acquire spiritual and psychic power, deeply rooted in Filipino culture, which can have many different motivations.

ASIAN MISSION CONGRESS

To tell God's story

- By James Kroeger

Maryknoll Missionary

Mission means "telling God′s story." This insight lies at the heart of the First Asian Mission Congress to be held in October on Chiang Mai, Thailand. The entire five-day meeting will focus on the many dimensions of the "telling the story of Jesus in Asia."

SOCIETY

Kenya

The God of our every day events

- By Renato Kizito Sesana

Comboni Missionary

In these times that are, after all, the same as always, we should not trust any apocalyptic vision. For sure, we must commit ourselves to the full so that bad guys like Osama bin Laden and George W. Bush may not impose their different and differently sick worldviews on us. But we must also be able to see, to recognize our God, the God of Jesus, who visits us in our every day events.

TODAY

Mexico

Disciples in the school of the poor

- By Jose Rebelo

Comboni Missionary

It has been four years now since the Comboni missionaries have assumed two missions among the indigenous mixtecos in the mountains of Guerrero: one in Metlatónoc, the poorest municipality of the Mexican Republic, and another in the neighboring municipality of Cochoapa. Their humble conviction is that they have a lot to learn from these people and could even be evangelized by them.