SJES ROME

Pope Francis decries the imprisonment of Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Alvarez and the expulsion of dissidents, and appeals to political leaders to open their hearts to truth and justice and engage in dialogue.

Set on the lands of the Hohokam peoples and the Akimel O’odham nation (known today as Scottsdale, AZ) more than 60 educators and ministers from across the Ignatian network in the U.S. gathered for conversations around the intersections of Ignatian spirituality and antiracism at the first Ignatian Spirituality and Antiracism Gathering.

Do you think women's economic empowerment helps overcome different types of gender-based violence?

The Catholic Church on Wednesday called on the Mexican government to speed up permits for the thousands of migrants stranded on Mexico's southern border, from where they are seeking to reach the United States.

The Jesuit Province of Brazil has released its fourth Social and Environmental Justice Action Report for 2020 and 2021.

The earthquake that struck the area between Syria and Türkiye seems to have spared nothing and no one.

AEFJN in collaboration with CIDSE, actors in Our Land is Our Life platform and other International networks are currently accompanying some Maasai indigenous peoples in Tanzania

The Jesuit Prison Ministry in Thailand has been given a piece of land in the Chiang Mai area. How might this help the prisoners? A transition house perhaps, a place to learn about organic farming? The encyclicalLaudato Si’ and the pandemic have opened new avenues. Let us hear about it from the initiator and director, Ms Vilaiwan Phokthavi, known as Kep.

It was a full week of rich sharing and learning for the Safety in Ministry. The participants, mostly safeguarding delegates, shared their experience in safeguarding work in their Jesuit provinces and regions.

On 6 February Syria and Türkiye were hit by two catastrophic earthquakes that have claimed the lives of thousands of people. In response to the rising death toll and devastation left behind, Jesuit Mission Australia has launched a Syria Earthquake Response Appealto provide immediate assistance to those people most affected living in Aleppo.