Olinda Mugabe lives in Mozambique. She runs the “Reencontro” Association which is dedicated to orphaned and vulnerable children who have lost their parents to AIDS.
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From the Soviet Army to the priesthood: faith in the shadow of the regime
by Editor mdcby Editor mdc“As a boy I felt the goal of my life was to become a priest”. This is how the conversation with Victor Pogrebnii begins. He did become a priest: he was ordained seven years ago, in Kyiv (Ukraine), on 7 January 2012. By that time, he was already 66 years old and a grandfather, and had spent most of his life as a soldier in the Soviet Army.
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Religious Sisters with Down syndrome: the joy of shared contemplative life
by Vatican Newsby Vatican NewsThe Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb live in the centre of France
Their love goes beyond any religious or cultural affiliation. She is Christian. He is Muslim. She is from Rome. He is Lebanese. But it was love at first sight. They waited ten years, often in fear. But they prayed to, and had faith in, the one God. And the strength and sincerity of their love both rewarded and consoled them.
A conversation with Dale Recinella, Correctional Chaplain on Florida’s Death Row.
They walked for over 7 months, from Paris to Jerusalem, without a penny in their pockets. A pilgrimage in search of God, made up of encounters, the discovery of others and of self.
Father Francis Sampson, chaplain of the 101st Airborne, was captured by the Germans and spent time in a prison camp