2023

In response to the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, the Jesuit Justice and Ecology Network Africa (JENA) echoes the words of Pope Francis in his encyclical Fratelli Tutti, "Every human being has the right to life, and this right is not negotiable."

For 75 years, the Institute of Social Order (ISO), known to be one of the oldest non-governmental organisations in the Philippines, has played a vital role in the formation of civil society organisations,

Desde la Red Jesuita con Migrantes agradecemos a todas las personas que desde el Servicio Jesuita a Migrantes y Refugiados Brasil completan este año dos décadas de camino compartido con las personas migrantes y refugiadas en este gran país.

Education is not a privilege, but a fundamental human right. This means that states have an obligation to protect, respect, and fulfill the right to education for all its citizens, without any discrimination.

As part of the transition process of the change of president of the CPAL, we had a fruitful meeting in Lima, where we met with the dynamic team of SJPAM, its outgoing president and the newly appointed president of the Conference, with the five Provincials of the Pan-Amazonian territory (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela), the Regional Superior of Guyana and the Delegate for the Amazon of Brazil.

Ketakandriana (Ke) Rafitoson is the Executive Director of Transparency International in Madagascar and coordinates the Publish What You Pay coalition in the country. She speaks to Séverine Deneulin, Director of International Development at the Laudato Si’ Research Institute, about her work and what Jesuit networks and institutions can do to promote integral ecology in the context of mining and just energy transitions.

In a statement released on Thursday 16 March 2023, Catholic organisations call on the European Parliament to adopt a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) marking “a true turning point in how the EU addresses the threats that corporate activities pose to our Human Family and Common Home”.

In these years, more than 200 civil society organisations have contributed in community spaces, especially focused on the analysis of USAID investments in the region. Proposals have been generated for exchanges with officials from the US State Department, USAID, the White House and Congress.

Since last February, the MAGIS Foundation has participated in the preparation of the event organized by the John Paul II Foundation for Youth on the occasion of the XXXVIII World Youth Day which will be held in Lisbon in August: the fourth international conference on the care of creation.

“Rise and Raise” was the clarion call of Stan D’Souza SJ, the President of South Asia, at the inaugural Eucharist of a 3-day South Asian Social Justice and Ecology Annual Convention with the theme of “Celebrating Faith that does Justice” on April 14, 2023, in Ranchi, Jharkhand. There were around 135 participants, Jesuits and collaborators, from all 19 Provinces and 2 Regions.