Equalize Every year, on 1 December, the world commemorates World AIDS Day. People around the world unite to show support for people living with and affected by HIV and to remember those who lost their lives to AIDS. The inequalities which perpetuate the AIDS pandemic are not inevitable; we can […]
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers – 29 May 2022
2022 Theme: People. Peace. Progress. The Power of Partnerships The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, 29 May, offers a chance to pay tribute to the uniformed and civilian personnel’s invaluable contribution to the work of the Organization and to honour nearly 4,200 peacekeepers who have lost their lives serving under the […]
5th Sunday of Easter, Year B – 2021
We try to live as followers of Jesus. We do our best to be faithful to what he asks from us. We make special efforts to carry out what we believe is his will. But . . . But, when we look at the result of our efforts, we may […]
International Day for Tolerance – 16 November
The United Nations’ (UN) International Day for Tolerance is annually observed on November 16 to educate people about the need for tolerance in society and to help them understand the negative effects of intolerance. Background In 1996 the UN General Assembly invited member states to observe the International Day for […]
Feast of Christmas, Year B
When a baby is born, people look at the child and wonder… They wonder at the marvel of a new life, yes. But they also wonder about what this new-born will be… what he will become. No doubt, the people who visited Mary and Joseph to see the new-born Child […]
World Hepatitis Day – 28 July
ELIMINATE HEPATITIS The elimination of viral hepatitis has now been firmly put on the map. At the 69th World Health Assembly in Geneva, 194 governments adopted WHO’s Global Strategy on Viral Hepatitis, which includes a goal of eliminating hepatitis B and C in the next 13 years. The community responded […]