Catholic investors call on Brazilian government to better protect the Amazon and the rights of its indigenous population
29/03/2021.- On 29 March 2021, a group of nearly 100 Catholic institutions, led by The Special Commission on Integral Ecology and Mining for the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference (CNBB), the international Catholic network Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM) and the German Catholic Church Bank Bank für Kirche und Caritas (BKC) sent a letter to high-ranking Brazilian …
Sign the petition to release Fr. Stan Swamy SJ
13/01/2021.- In recent weeks the campaign in solidarity with Jesuit Stan Swamy SJ and 15 other human rights defenders unjustly imprisoned in India has redoubled its efforts to call for their immediate release. Father Stan was arrested on 8 October 2020 by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) at his residence in Ranchi, Jharkhand state, …
83 year old Jesuit jailed for terrorism in India
Stan Swamy had been fighting for indigenous people’s rights in India for 40 years until he was arrested. Today various organizations have come together to demand his release. “What is happening to me is not something unique that happens to me alone. We are all aware of how prominent intellectuals, lawyers, writers, poets, activists, students, …
Xavier Network together with the Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar call on European and African political leaders: Climate Action cannot wait
24/11/2020.- The 26th UN climate summit known as COP26 was to take place in Glasgow on November 9. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the organisers decided to postpone the event that will finally take place from 1 to 12 November 2021. Despite the postponement, there is no doubt that it will be an essential …
Good News: After Mexico’s ratification, the Escazu Agreement will enter into force
23/11/2020.- On November 5, the Mexican Senate approved the Bill to pass the Escazú Agreement’s ratification, for many the most important environmental agreement in history, which creates a new environmental action tool for Latin America and the Caribbean. Thus, Mexico gives access to its entry into force in the next 90 days, becoming the 11th …
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Christian leaders around the world call on World Bank and IMF to cancel debt to address COVID-19 crisis
16/10/2020.- The Covid-19 pandemic has hit all areas of our lives. It is a common threat to all of humanity, but not all countries have the same resources to deal with its consequences. Without adequate international cooperation, this crisis can wipe out years of effort in the fight against poverty and inequality. Today, October 16, …
Solidarity with Father Stan Swamy SJ, an 83 year old Jesuit detained in India
10/10/2020.- Last Friday, October 9, we received with dismay the news of the arrest of Father Stan Swamy SJ, an 83 year old Indian Jesuit, founder of Bagaicha, a Social Action Centre run by the Jesuits where he has worked for the last 15 years. The arrest took place the day before in Ranchi, Jharkhand …
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OPEN LETTER TO THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESSES OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN – For the ratification of the Escazú Agreement-
25/09/2020.- On the fifth anniversary of the encyclical Laudato Si’ and, following the recent message of Pope Francis, in which he invites us to take care of the Common House with responsibility and to share, not plunder, the goods of nature, we would like to urge the elected representatives in the National Congresses of Latin …
Join us in the GLOBAL IGNATIAN PRAYER VIGIL: Breathing Together
The Congo Basin, the Amazon and the Asian forests are the lungs of our world. They struggle to breathe. Today they are literally and figuratively on fire. That’s why the Secretariat of Social Justice and Ecology of the Society of Jesus, as part of the Season of Creation, is inviting you to participate and promote …
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