The Choir with No Name has brought radical change to the lives of the marginalised.

The Far East podcast is narrated by John Doherty.

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This is the centre of Jesus' teaching. A person is fully human when all their actions are directed by love and not by hate or even self-defence.

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As the District of Checca is one of the poorest in Peru, we also have a very high rate of anaemia, especially among the newborn and young children.

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Over the years, with the help of so many people and interested groups, we have expanded to such an extent that we now have an average of 500 children, out of a pool of 1,200, coming to us daily.

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Dr Hindmarsh travels to the Philippines to see rich catechetical opportunities among its original peoples.

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St Bernadette’s Children’s Home is the only institution of its kind in Peru

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I also discovered the warmth and care of many people I knew and loved. I accompanied young Koreans as they found their vocation as priests or lay missionaries.

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Francis invites the Church to listen to, not lecture, those on the periphery and reach out to the poor and marginalised. Francis calls this listening the “art of encounter”, a process ultimately guided by the Holy Spirit.

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In the Kachin State of Myanmar, they have their own way of giving names to their children. They do not name them after famous people.

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When I looked back, it hit me that the suffering and sickness had matured me as a person, as a follower of Jesus, and as a missionary priest.

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