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 …
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 …
The network of Jesuit Social Centres in Latin America launches a cycle of conferences on integral ecology
On June 25, the Integral Ecology group of the Network of Jesuit Social Centres of Latin America will launch a cycle of conferences on integral ecology. It is a cycle of monthly seminars that will take place between June and November 2020 to deal with various aspects of Integral Ecology and the Care of the …
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 …
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 …
From perverse resignation to re-signing to action, a message from Pope Francis to COP 23 leaders and delegates
By Xavier Jeyaraj SJ (This article first appeared at http://www.ecojesuit.com) On 16 November, Pope Francis sent an official message to the delegates of COP23 gathered in Bonn, Germany. He warned world leaders of destructive climate change, reiterating what he powerfully stated in his encyclical Laudato Si’, not to fall victims of “four perverse attitudes” that can …