Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body does not use the insulin it produces correctly. "Insulin is a hormone that regulates the quantity and concentration of sugar in the blood and in the body. The blood sugar level for a healthy person is between 70 mg/dl and 110 mg/dl, but only a test can determine whether a person has diabetes. Symptoms: frequent urination, prolonged thirst, likes to drink sugary water, tiredness, prolonged itching of the body...

Everyone has a responsibility in the family. In a loving family, everyone has a role to play and work to do. Decent work is individual concern for the common good. Work is not the work of servants, but a complement between the worker and the employer, in order to receive just remuneration. Catechesis on work, in collaboration with P. Rakotondramanana Soloniaina Jean Emilien.

September 2, 2023 — Saturday, Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time — I give you a new commandment: love one another as I have loved you — Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew (Mt 25: 14-30)

Farmers from the "Lazan'i Sambirano" cooperative group in the Diana region have won the gold medal for Africa and the Indian Ocean in the world competition for cocoa production of the quality demanded by the international market, in the year 2021. Farmers from this group also won the bronze medal...

Message from the Bishops at the end of the Pilgrimage

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, You who have come in such large numbers to take part in this national pilgrimage, as well as all of you who are following it from home through the media. We, the bishops of Madagascar, would like to express our deep gratitude to you for having responded to our invitation and for having brought this jubilee initiated by Pope Francis to life spiritually. With you, we take up Mary's song: ‘My soul exalts the Lord’ and we repeat with her: ‘What shall I repay the Lord for all the good he has done me?’....

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Love and Salvation

Christmas is a great joy, because it is the love of God that has come to us, proclaims Fr. Bizimana Innocent, Provincial Superior of the Salesians Don Bosco of Madagascar and Mauritius, presenting his Christmas greetings. Salvation is accomplished, so life is not in danger of disappearing. It is this love and this salvation that we wish to fill our life so that we have peace.

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Zatti, our brother

The short film "Zatti, our brother" (Argentina, 2020) focuses on one of the most difficult episodes of his life. We are in Viedma, in 1941: at the age of 60, Zatti is forced to leave the hospital he has attended for decades. His faith and strength are tested.

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