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The kingdom of wonder
For most of us, it is rather obvious that people in other countries do some things differently from the way we do them in…
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A prolonged emergency in Cambodia
A year ago the COVID-19 situation in the United States was becoming more and more dire. Infections were spreading geographically and increasing numerically. At…
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Living Mission — Feudalism still survives
Feudalism still survives. In 1555 the treaty called the Peace of Augsburg ended various religious conflicts that had erupted in the Germanic states after…
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Living Mission — The death of a bishop and a ‘new normal’
Two events in the past weeks gave me pause for reflection. The first was the death of Bishop Yves Ramousse who was bishop in…
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Living Mission — A new reality in the church
Christmas for the English-speaking Catholics in Cambodia was different this year as it was in most places in the world. Cambodia had its first…
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Living Mission — Death is universal, but funeral practices are different
Human beings around the world experience the same basic life events. The sequence, the length, the impact of events may vary, but most of…
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Living Mission — Cambodia’s experience with COVID-19
The central notion of a pandemic is that a disease affects all or most nations around the world. Individual countries can be affected in…
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Living Mission — Parish community is home away from home
I came to Cambodia to work with deaf people and that is my main job, but because Maryknoll priests are native English speakers, the…
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Living Mission: Medical care hit or miss in Cambodia
In many parts of the world, as COVID-19 rears its head, normal practices and ways of life have been changed or abandoned. Life in…
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Living Mission – Cambodia’s struggle with COVID-19
The COVID-19 situation in Cambodia is rather fluid at the present time. The number of infections here is 107 and has been increasing slowly…
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