Monday, August 12, 2024
We invite you to join us into prayer for peace in the world, particularly the war zones: Ukraine, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Yemen, Tigray, Myanmar, Haiti and in a special way for all the civilians in Palestine and Israel.
Daniel Comboni
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Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation
A Practical Guide to the Laudato Si’ Goals
Monday, August 19, 2024
The Laudato si’ Action Platform, promoted by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, proposes to set up processes of conversion to integral ecology (see Chapter IV of Laudato si’) on the basis of 7 Laudato Si’ Goals (LSGs). [General Secretariat for Mission]
Let’s pray for peace in the world and for the victims of war and climate change
The Church of Austria: “Guideline for ethical investments”
Thursday, 1 August 2024
The Church of Austria issues guidelines on ethical investments in reference to the financial decisions of faith-based organisations. It involves accountability relations between the Global North and the Global South. The guidelines exclude investments in gold or gold mining, recognising implications on sacrificed territories. It poses cooperation: investments as an interrelated way, where human rights and environmental concerns are taken into account. [Iglesias y Minería]
Brazil. Resistance and Resilience of a People
Monday, July 8, 2024
Two young lay Comboni missionaries talk to us about their experience among a people fighting for their rights and dignity. “The history of Piquiá goes back almost 60 years and it would be a small paradise, but it experienced the beginning of its decline in 1985, when the railway built by the mining giant Vale S.A. was inaugurated. This meant the transportation of iron from the huge deposit in the Serra do Carajás, one of the largest mines in the world, in the distant city of São Luís.” [...]
Africa Europe Faith and Justice Network (AEFJN): “Echo” at Issue 100
Thursday, June 20, 2024
AEFJN ECHO has reached the 100th release, and this is quite an achievement! As a simple, handy and easy to read means of communication, Echo remains the most immediate channel for sharing about the life and the work of our network. Even more importantly, it is also an amplifier of the voice of the excluded, which when it is heard in policy spaces, makes power in political and social processes shift from the hands of the few, such as corporations and private interests, to people and communities.
La spesa globale per le armi nucleari continua a crescere
Lunedì 17 giugno 2024
Nel 2023, i nove Stati dotati di armi nucleari hanno speso complessivamente 91.393.404.739 dollari per i loro arsenali, pari a 2.898 dollari al secondo. L’ultimo Rapporto della campagna internazionale ICAN “Surge: 2023 Global nuclear weapons spending” mostra che nel 2023 sono stati spesi 10,7 miliardi di dollari in più per le armi nucleari rispetto al 2022. [Rete Italiana Pace e Disarmo]
Season of Creation 2024: “To Hope and Act with Creation”
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Launch of the Season of Creation 2024 titled “To Hope and Act with Creation”. The meeting will feature several speakers from different churches worldwide. Date: 5 June 2024 at 3 PM (Rome Time). In English, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese. Find more information about the Season of Creation 2024 here. You can find the flyer in English here.