Columbans provide food to Pakistan’s flood victims

Columbans provide food to Pakistan’s flood victims

An update from Pakistan from Fr Pat Visanti on Columban efforts to help some of those worst affected by the recent floods in the parish of Badin. Saint Thomas the Apostle Parish is located in a rural city of Badin. It is about three hours’ drive from Pakistan’s...
Devastation in Pakistan

Devastation in Pakistan

This year has seen one of the worst monsoon seasons in Pakistan in decades. The rain that started in June is still continuing. Up to 1,136 people have lost their lives, writes Columban missionary Fr Liam O’Callaghan. The Government has declared a national emergency as...
The Crushing Burden of Debt

The Crushing Burden of Debt

There is one thing above others that humans can never escape and that is the burden of debt, writes Columban missionary Fr Shay Cullen. Almost everyone, except the millionaires, have a burden of debt. They, too, can be in debt. Everyone seems to owe someone. There are...