2023

A high-profile delegation of Maasai representatives starts a tour in several European countries this May, seeking international support to halt the ongoing forced evictions and human rights abuses against the Maasai people in Tanzania.

As part of its Values Education Programme (PEV), aimed at promoting youth, Foi et Joie [Fe y Alegria or, Faith and Joy] DRC has changed its training policy by calling on resource persons from the upper social class to address young people living in remote areas.

In April 2022, the Reconciliation with Creation network of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific initiated a search for young people, who with their team or group, are making a significant contribution to their community through projects that respond to the urgent ecological crises of our time.

The annual report on capital punishment shows that last year [2022] saw the highest number of victims in five years.

The environmental crisis is a growing concern for the Honduran population, according to the results of the ERIC survey. Most respondents were against mining, the burning of sugar cane fields, the felling of forests and the privatisation of water. They also demand the implementation of a forest ban to protect the country's natural resources.

The Churches and Mining Network, a continental entity of church institutions and faith communities, express its condemnation and deep concern for the criminalisation, persecution and imprisonment of water and nature defenders in El Salvador.

By collaborating with CELAM, SARES is recognised by CPAL as a driving force for socio-environmental awareness and a point of contact for creating a sustainable society.

The 2023-24 Federal Budget, handed down tonight, includes some positive investments to ease current cost of living pressures experienced by millions of Australians and support vital services such as Medicare, but a modest increase to the Jobseeker payment does almost nothing to lift vulnerable people out of poverty, says Jesuit Social Services.

After the deadly War of the Pacific (1879-1884), Bolivia lost its access to the sea, and Peru lost a large part of its southern coast. Forty-five years later, American mediation somehow resolved the border disputes between Chile and Peru. Finally, on 3 June 1929, a diplomatic agreement was signed in Lima.

Laudato Si’ Week is from 21-28 May and Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ highlights how Laudato Si’ aims to bring together science and theology to care for our common home.