A Global Ignatian Advocacy Network

Join Ecojesuit’s webinar series Stepping Forward for the Common Good

06/09/2021.- Last April 22, the Justice in Mining Network endorsed the Ignatian commitment to advocate for climate justice proposed by Ecojesuit to the Ignatian Family. In line with the points set out in this commitment, this Friday, June 11th 2021, Ecojesuit will launch Stepping Forward for the Global Common Good, a workshop series to promote …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Amandla! (en espagnol)

par Alicia Aleman Arrastio AMANDLA. AWETHU. El poder, para la gente. Nuestro primer día en el Foro Social de la Minería e Industrias Extractivas ha empezado con ese poderoso grito a favor de la justicia y la dignidad de los pueblos. Las cerca de 300 personas que hemos venido de todos los rincones del mundo …

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Amandla!

Alicia Aleman Arrastio (second from right) writes from Johannesburg where she is attending the Thematic Social Forum on Mining and the Extractivist Economy with other members of the Justice in Mining Network AMANDLA, AWETHU. Power to the people. Our first day in the Thematic Social Forum on Mining and Extractives Industries has started with this …

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