Religious Inequality in Myanmar Golden spires such as the one pictured are common in Myanmar. The desparity between the wealth of the populous and the wealth of the country’s military regime is striking; quite often they have utilized Buddhism to justifiy for heinous acts, like those recently perpetrated against the Rohingya. Ethnic Kachin, Chin, and […]
Half a Century of Fidelity
Half a Century of Fidelity All PIME Priests, Brothers, and Lay Missionaries in Cameroon gathered in Kaélé to celebrate a Liturgy to commemorate 50 years of PIME Missionary presence in the country. By Gerolamo Fazzini PIME’s mission in Cameroon has a personality all its own – a “dual” mission focusing on both evangelization and the […]
A Missionary’s Master’s Degree in Buddhism
A Missionary’s Master’s Degree in Buddhism Fr. Daniele Mazza, PIME, receives his Master’s Degree in Buddhism from Mahachulalongkorn University. Fr. Daniele is the first missionary to ever do so. “Too often people of different religions have too little time for genuine dialogue,” but “studying for two years with monks gave me a chance to ask […]
A House of Bread
A House of Bread Fr. Danilo stands with some of the children that he helps. PIME’s Sponsorships at a Distance program supports the room, board, and education of many of the children in the Center. By Gerolamo Fazzini The most vulnerable and “discarded” are the reason why father Danilo Fenaroli of PIME, has been working […]
Priests in the Crosshairs – PIME in Mexico
By Ferdinand KomenanOver the past four years, according to data released by the Mexican Catholic Church, 15 priests were murdered. And from 2005 to 2016, of the nearly 140 “pastoral agents” (priests, religious, laity) killed in the world, nearly half were killed in Latin America. With the assassination of Fr. Joaquín Hernandez Sifuentes, that took […]
Courage for Dialogue in Mindanao
By Fr. Sebastiano D’Ambra Twenty-five years after the killing of Father Salvatore Carzedda in Zamboanga, the importance of continuing to promote encounters between Christians and Muslims is important to build an alternative to violence On May 20, 1992, Fr. Salvatore Carzedda, PIME missionary in Zamboanga City, was killed during a seminar held by the Silsilah […]
Algeria Declares Open Season on Refugees
Since December 1st there has been an ongoing mass roundup of African refugees in Algerian neighborhoods. Those rounded up are deported to a camp in the Algerian city of Tamanrasset closer to border with Mali and Niger in order to be expelled. In Algeria all neighborhoods where there are sub-Saharan African migrants were surrounded by […]
St. Teresa of Calcutta and My Missionary Vocation
A Reflection by Fr. Gianluca Bellotti On September 19, 2016 a solemn Holy Mass was celebrated in the Tokyo Cathedral to mark the canonization of St. Teresa of Calcutta that took place in Rome a few days earlier (September 4). Archbishop Pedro Okada Takeo presided over the Eucharistic Celebration concelebrated by about thirty priests and […]
Reflecting On Our 2016 An Evening With PIME Event
DETROIT, Mich.––Our annual PIME support event recently took place in Troy, Michigan. Just a few short weeks ago, on the evening of October 6th, we greeted honored guests at the San Marino Club for a special occasion. We accepted many gracious gifts from our thoughtful donors and sponsors which made for an event we’ll never […]