Nuevas dictaduras
En la Roma antigua, la dictadura era una institución que permitía al senado otorgar un poder extraordinario a un solo individuo para resolver una situación de crisis. Esta institución era temporal para que después de la emergencia, el poder regresara a la asamblea de los representantes de los ciudadanos.Desgraciadamente, no todos los dictadores fueron eficaces, […]
JPIC-Jockey Club
Grupo Fé e Ação da Paróquia Nossa Senhora Aparecida Em realidade o nome original seria “Fé e Política”, mas substituímos a palavra “política” por “Ação” devido ao entendimento popular desse termo como algo indesejável, visto as negociatas, falcatruas, desonestidades impuras que tramitam nas ações, que acontecem na política de nosso país. Esse grupo foi formado […]
My Journey to Earth Literacy
I live alone, and though I work part time in two different capacities, my sole group work is with JPIC, so my contribution here is a bit personal. ` I inherited a love of nature from my mother, who grew up just outside our town, in a house with a large garden leading down to […]
Être Église en Amazonie
Synode pour l’AmazonieRésumé du document de travail Le Synode aura lieu du 6 au 27 octobre 2019 sur le thème « Amazonie : de nouveaux chemins pour l’Église et pour une écologie intégrale ». Le cri de l’Amazonie est au cœur du document de travail du Synode. Elle appelle l’Église à être son alliée en allant en aide à […]
The example of rescue NGOs in the Mediterranean
Sea-Watch and Captain Carola Rackete Enforce Human Rights Where EU Fails Neither the EU-Commission nor any European government brought about the solution for the disembarkation of the remaining 40 survivors aboard Sea-Watch 3. In the end it was captain Carola Rackete who was both forced and willing to take responsibility and who brought the people […]
Faith leaders and climate change
Have faith leaders a special part to play as we face climate and environmental chaos ? It seems so. At the recent Climate Coalition lobby of Parliament in the UK which attracted over 12.000 people, there was a workshop given by a Muslim from Islamic Relief telling how he got a group of Imams together to educate […]
Les Oblates de L´Assomption … En Marche avec le peuple amazonien
Le monde regarde l’Europe.
Citoyens chrétiens engagés, nous sommes souvent consternés par l’indifférence , le scepticisme ou les oppositions à l’Union Européenne, espace de Paix fondé sur le droit. Au moment de choisir nos représentants au Parlement Européen nous attirons l’attention sur le regard que portent sur nous nos partenaires africains, sud américains, et méditerranéens . L’unité de l’Europe […]
Telling the Truth …this Easter 2019
It was over a week of non violent civil disobedience ; in the end tens of thousands took part in London, and many more elsewhere, all over the world. It was a week of disruption to traffic and normality. It was very effective. It happened because there has been a failure of politics to do anything […]
Developing action to Care for the Earth through pride in one’s neighbourhood
In October 2018, according to the Irish Times, Ballymun was deemed to be one of the worst areas in Dublin “where widespread dumping was observed …with areas becoming more littered” “Lack of pride” was blamed for rising litter in poor areas. This report was a challenge/opportunity for local groups in Ballymun to draw attention to […]