Monsignor Enrique (Kike) Figaredo is the Apostolic Prefect (Bishop) of Battambang in Cambodia. His diocese embraces 14 provinces with a population of more than four million. Kike is a man of immense compassion and understanding of the people of Cambodia, and has developed the services of the Society of Jesus in this country to best meet the needs of people recovering from 30 years of war.

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Call to ratify cluster ban treaty

A Cambodian-based Jesuit has called on the Australian government to ratify the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Monsignor Kike Figaredo SJ, who lives and works with the victims of landmines and cluster bombs, says this is an opportunity for Australia to increase the goodwill that it has shown towards landmine and cluster bomb victims in the past. Read more...

Alms from the poor

If we live our lives with an open heart and an open mind, we will always find new aspects and brushstrokes that will not only surprise us but will make us admire things in a deeper manner, and will make us live our lives in a different way. On the other hand, seeing this 'sparkle of life' around us makes us believe more in the way that God dreams the world for us; life shows different and unexpected dimensions. Read more...

Healing the wounds of war

A certain peace has returned to Cambodia in the decades since Fr Enrique Figaredo SJ first glimpsed the war-scarred country from a refugee camp on the Thai-Cambodian border. A young Jesuit volunteer with JRS, he couldn't have known that it would be here, amongst the ruins spawned by Pol Pot and his brutal Khmer Rouge regime, where he would find his life's work. Read more...