The economic contribution of migrants to host countries
Many States in different parts of the world perceive or just present migrants and refugees as a problem or even an economic burden for the host country. In addition, integration requirements are often applied so as to select those expected to integrate smoothly, while denying entry or the possibility of staying to those considered unlikely […]
En el Día de la Tierra, la Iglesia invita a celebrar la Semana Laudato Si’ 2022
ROMA, 22 de abril de 2022 – En el Día de la Tierra, la Iglesia invita a las comunidades católicas de todo el mundo a participar en la Semana Laudato Si’ 2022. Este evento mundial de una semana de duración marcará el séptimo aniversario de la histórica encíclica del Papa Francisco sobre el cuidado de la creación […]
Bishop in Tigray sends out an SOS for his people
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — Bishop Tesfaselassie Medhin of Adigrat, Ethiopia, has sent out an SOS call for swift humanitarian aid in Tigray to save millions of people facing death due to a “merciless man-made famine” in the war-torn region. While condemning the war atrocities, the bishop acknowledged individuals, institutions, governments and partners working tirelessly to […]
Sainte Marie Eugénie!
En faisant mémoire, ce 10 mars, de Marie Eugénie, de sa riche spiritualité et du projet éducatif qui sous-tend la mission de l’Assomption, nous célébrons dans l’action de grâce le don fait par Dieu à l’Eglise et au monde à travers elle. Le travail de préparation dans les Provinces et l’expérience de ces dix […]
Ukraine Crisis: Give Peace a Chance
Pdf en français au bas de la page. Pax Christi International, a global faith-based peace movement, is following with great concern the current dangerous developments in Ukraine. Russia’s decision to officially recognise the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic in Eastern Ukraine as independent states, and sending so called “peace-keeping operations”, increases the […]
After COP26…Greenwash?
Cop 26, at least, recognised the importance of keeping 1.5 degrees of heating as the maximum, coal extraction and use was there for the first time, even if quibbled over, and oil and gas cannot be far behind – investors have been warned. US and China are talking, countries will meet again in a year’s […]
Situación de las comunidades del Occidente Antioqueño
Las congregaciones, iglesias, diversas espiritualidades, comunidades de fe nacionales y redesinternacionales solidarias, que firmamos este comunicado, damos respuesta al llamado de urgenciaque nos han hecho las Misioneras de la Madre Laura de la Provincia de Medellín, ante los graveshechos que vienen padeciendo las comunidades indígenas, afrodescendientes y campesinas,principalmente del Occidente Antioqueño. En general, las principales […]
Ground ourselves in Gratitude
The Secretary General of the United Nations said recently` I am here to sound the alarm. The world must wake up. We are on the edge of an abyss – and moving in the wrong direction. Our world has never been more threatened and more divided’ He points out: Covid has exposed the glaring inequalities […]
Conférence sur les changements climatiques à Glasgow. COP26
La Conférence des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques COP 26, accueillie par le Royaume-Uni en partenariat avec l’Italie, se tiendra du 31 octobre au 12 novembre 2021 au Scottish Event Campus (SEC) à Glasgow, au Royaume-Uni. À la lumière des effets mondiaux de COVID-19, le Bureau de la CCNUCC, avec le Royaume-Uni et ses […]
A New Mission – for a new Future,
« rebirthing » We live on borrowed time. We live hurtling towards the collapse of civilization, environmental breakdown and food shocks. Some are aware, and are hoping against hope that COP 26 will make the difference; some are not aware, wanting `normality’ to return. Climate breakdown is with us already, uncontrollable wild fires, heat domes, deaths from […]