⏱ 6 min readThe first time I walked into a Catholic mass in Praia, I kept waiting for the moment. The moment where someone would start shouting a prayer point, where the drums would build into something urgent, where the whole room would rise together and pray out loud, all at once, the way every service I grew

⏱ 6 min readI stand guard at a bank in Praia most nights while the rest of the city sleeps. By the time my shift ends and I walk home, the church down the road has already finished its Sunday morning service — the one I haven’t been able to attend in years. For a long time, that

⏱ 6 min readThe phrase “evil eye” appears in different cultural and religious settings, and people use it to describe different beliefs about envy, harm, or spiritual influence. The Bible also uses the expression in several contexts, including Matthew 6:22–23 and Mark 7:21–23, where the surrounding teaching matters for interpretation. This guide examines what the biblical passages say,