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Dominicans Prepare for Possible Election Chaos in Kenya

As Dominicans in East Africa, we are blessed to have a mix of friars from Rwanda-Burundi, Angola, from the Equatorial Africa vicariate, from Cameroon, from Congo, from Kenya, Tanzania...

Dominican Life and Mission in the Asia-Pacific Region

The major superiors of the entities in the Asia-Pacific region gathered at Rosary Hill, Hong Kong in February 2013 to discuss the life and mission of the Order in that region. Most of...

The Dominican Brothers of Eastern Africa

From the 2nd to the 10th of January 2013, frs Prakash Lohale (Socius for Apostolic Life) and Gabriel Samba (Socius for Africa) made a canonical visitation of the Provincial Vicariate...

Dominicans on Justice and Peace in the Asia-Pacific

The Conference which was held at Surabaya, Indonesia from the 24th to the 26th of February, 2013 brought together Dominican brothers, sisters and laity from Australia, New Zealand,...

The Empty Chair

The wound is still fresh and the shock of the blow makes the sting all the worse. The sadness that comes with death is something we are all too familiar with, but the ambiguity of the...

Pope Benedict XVI's abdication

Pope Benedict XVI's abdication The sudden abdication of Pope Benedict XVI yesterday, to come into effect on 28 February at 7pm GMT, was greeted with sadness by many Catholics...