"Kindness is the perfume of the world. To be a disciple of Jesus and missionary - embodying the "sweet perfume of Christ" (2 Cor. 2:15) - is a call to spread the sweet fragrance of God's loving kindness."

by FR. JOSÉ REBELO, MCCJ

The food being wasted in Europe and the US alone would be enough to feed, seven times over, the world's starving. The scandal is denounced in a new book by a British farmer, food analyst and anti-waste activist.

by MANUEL GIRALDES
Journalist

Becoming a missionary is a life-long process but it is a call to action that gives idealism an opportunity to act.

by FR. SHAY CULLEN, SCC
PREDA FOUNDATION 

Kindness is a virtue that needs to be cherished and cultivated. Regular practices become habits which, in turn, become deeply ingrained and shape our identity. Our actions determine us as much as we determine our actions. Indeed, kindness begets kindness. We are made kind by being kind.

by FR. JAMES H. KROEGER, M.M.
Professor of Theology

In the fifth century, before envy was listed by the Church as one of the seven deadly sins, the virtue, able to fight its deleterious effects, was coined. This virtue is kindness. And, if one looks attentively at the world's social and spiritual history, one will find that it is still able to help us in our struggle to live better in a kinder world.

by MANUEL GIRALDES
Journalist

Kindness and mercy is at the heart of the Christian message. Jesus said: "You received without pay, give without pay." The Church must, therefore, seek to put mercy into practice and to proclaim it to the men and women of today.

by FR. GIL A. ALINSANGAN, SSP
Biblist

Christianity and kindness go hand-in-hand. One may even add that the unkind person betrays the Christian faith, which is essentially the practice of the love of God and neighbor. This is the good news that the missionaries brought to the Philippines, and we still can learn from it today.

by FR. JOSÉ S. ARCILLA, S. J.
Historian

Justice and peace are not built by great speeches and Church, international meetings and partially successful peace negotiations alone but, rather, by the active love of people like Father Biseko.

by FR. RENATO KIZITO SESANA
Comboni Missionary

The kindness and compassion that Sr. Brenda Imdeke showed towards a woman, defaced by a terrible illness, conquered the hearts of Muslims in a little town in Kenya. Kind gestures have the power to make wonders.

by FR. FONS EPPINK
Mill Hill Missionary in Kenya

"They recognized Him at the breaking of the bread."
(Read Luke 24:13-35)

by FR. SILVANO FAUSTI, S.J.
Biblist & Writer