Pope
Papal Handshakes
Papal Handshakes Through no merit of my own, I have had the honour and privilege of shaking hands with five Popes. It is not something I ever sought out or
9 August 2025
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Vincent Lockhart
Vincent Lockhart spent many years in Cameroon.
He is now a parish priest in Scotland
and is the National Director of Missio Scotland,
the Pontifical Mission Societies.
Igbo
The Special Week
In the Igbo culture of eastern Nigeria, the name given to a child can reflect the faith of the parents. Arinzechukwu, for example, means Thanks be to God. Some names mark a moment
4 April 2023
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Cameroon
Everything passes away. Only love remains.
In 2008, through a mixture of begging and blackmail, I managed to raise some money to build some primary schools in the Bangwa country in Cameroon, West Africa where I
1 February 2023
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Music
Sic fiat voluntas Tua
I was once asked to sing at a large meeting in the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican. At the rehearsals the day before the event, I was seated
3 October 2021
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Jesus Forsaken
The attempted assassination of mystery
“Let me ask Google” It seems that our conversations are punctuated by this phrase nowadays. In the midst of a discussion, we pull out our phone and find the answer,
27 April 2021
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Africa
The umbilical cord
“Sum up Africa for me. What image would you give that would tell me what Africa is all about?”. That is what a friend once asked me one warm
5 March 2021
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Cancer
Cancer during the Pandemic
In December 2019, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma and began chemotherapy at the beginning of February 2020. Because the treatment would reduce my immune system to near zero, I
17 February 2021
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Cameroon
Even wounds can be transformed
I ALWAYS wondered why Jesus still kept the wounds on his hands and feet and in his side after he rose from the dead. Surely a risen and glorified
7 June 2019
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Cameroon
Paradise is found in God’s love
MARTIN Atemnkeng was a clever man. He knew what people liked. He also knew how to make a franc or two. He ran the ‘Paradise Bar’ next to the market
26 April 2019
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Cameroon
Prayers on a cliff edge
EVEN if I coughed the vehicle wobbled, ever so slightly. If I shifted about or tried to open the door of the old Land Rover things got very scary. I
11 March 2019
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