Shock and Memory Loss

Shock and Memory Loss

Fr Bobby Gilmore writes about the drowning of Oscar Martinez and his baby daughter Angie Valeria crossing the Rio Grande, which the US bishops have described as the “unspeakable consequence of a failed immigration system”.  “To you who know the tragedy of emigration,...
Columban ecological work in Pakistan

Columban ecological work in Pakistan

Fr Liam O’Callaghan is the Columban Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) Coordinator in Pakistan. He writes about ecological work in Pakistan in the context of the Amazonia Synod of October 2019. A Synod is a special time for the Church as People of...
People of Faith and the Destruction of Biodiversity

People of Faith and the Destruction of Biodiversity

Columban missionary Fr Sean McDonagh says reading the Global Assessment Report is “a chilling experience” as it spells out the appalling damage which humans have caused to the earth during the past four decades. The publication in Paris of the Global...
Ellen Teague of Columban JPIC on the Synod on Amazonia

Ellen Teague of Columban JPIC on the Synod on Amazonia

This is the third Columban article published by Independent Catholic News (ICN) on October’s Synod on Amazonia. The theme is taken from the Synod’s preparatory document. The author, Ellen Teague, is a member of the Columban JPIC team in Britain....