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  • New Frontier: SMA in Butuan

    THE NEW ADVENTURE: March 20, 2024 marked the first time the SMA Philippine District ventured into the southern part of the country, made possible through the invitation of the…

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  • Fr. Eric Yapi Yapi, SMA, is a missionary priest of the Society of African Missions (SMA), originally from Ivory Coast, recently appointed to the International Forum for Research between Missionaries and Missiologists (FIRMEM) in Lyon, France—a joint SMA–NDA initiative aimed at promoting dialogue between missionaries and missiologists, deepening missionary reflection, and supporting teams working in the field.

    The priest who had to learn to be observed

    Fr. Eric Yapi Yapi, SMA, is a missionary priest of the Society of African Missions (SMA), originally from Ivory Coast, recently appointed to the International Forum for Research between Missionaries and Missiologists (FIRMEM) in Lyon, France—a joint SMA–NDA initiative aimed at promoting dialogue between missionaries and missiologists, deepening missionary reflection, and supporting teams working in…

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  • From left to right: Fr. Robin Kamemba, Provincial Superior of the Kenya Province; Bishop Dominic Kimengich, Coadjutor Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mombasa; and Fr. Bernard Asuka, Parish Priest of St. John and Sylvia Parish.

    Bishop Kimengich appointed coadjutor archbishop of Mombasa: what this really means

    The Vatican’s appointment of Bishop Dominic Kimengich as Coadjutor Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mombasa, with the canonical right of succession, is far more than a routine episcopal…

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  • After the Jubilee: Debt, Ecology, and Shared Responsibility in a Divided World

    by Pierre-Paul Anani Dossekpli What Remains After a Jubilee? The Jubilee 2025 has now come to an end. Pilgrimages have concluded, Holy Doors have been closed, and public celebrations…

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  • Freedom and Society: When Freedom Becomes Vulnerable

    When Freedom Is No Longer an Abstraction In late 2025, news emerged from Nigeria that deeply unsettled many beyond its borders. Armed men abducted schoolchildren from St. Mary’s Catholic…

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  • Christian Unity at the Heart of the SMA Mission

    The theme of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in 2026 is:“There is one body and one Spirit, just as your vocation has called you to one hope”…

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