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| Le clarisse accompagnano p.Toussaint con il canto les Clarisses accompagnent avec le chant le p.Toussaint |
Life and death
Last
week a Capuchin brother, Fr. Toussaint Zoumalde, was killed in
Cameroon, in Ngaoundere, most likely during a robbery. I knew him well:
years ago he was in the seminary in Bouar, where I worked for 11 years.
It was a sudden death: on the one hand it reminds us of our fragility,
and on the other the fragility of security in our country. On Friday,
March 23rd, we celebrated his funeral, in the cathedral of Bouar, where
he was ordained in 2002. The church was full (p.Toussaint was originally
from Bouar, and worked for many years for Radio Siriri), and we were
about sixty priests , together with the bishop, who gathered to pray for
our brother. Just yesterday, Wednesday March 27, Pope Francis presented
a sister (a missionary in Africa for 60 years!), and said: "I intend to
express my gratitude to you and all the missionaries, priests,
religious and laity, who scatter the seeds of the Kingdom of God in
every part of the world. Your job is great. You "burn" your life sowing
the word of God with your testimony ... And in this world you do not
make news, you are not news in the newspapers ". Returning to Bozoum, in
the afternoon a small tornado was unleashed: very strong wind, dust,
and then, finally, rain. It was awesome to see nature go wild! Thank God
there were not too many disasters: some flying sheets, some destroyed
thatched roof, but no victims. Monday I went down to Bangui, to then
return to Bozoum on Wednesday, where I found a nice surprise: the
Minister of Mining suspended all gold mining activities in Bozoum! And
for three days the construction sites have stopped! It is a first, small
victory, and we hope that actually Chinese companies are obliged to
respect the rules, and to fix the damage they have done.
We will see, and we will check!
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| Il decreto del Ministero che blocca le attività inerarie delle ditte cinesi Le décret du Ministère qui bloque les activités minières des entreprises chinoises |
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| piccolo tornado in arrivo petite tornade |
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| il nostro Liceo, visto da uno degli alunni notre Lycée, vu par un de nos élèves |
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