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In Germany, a ‘wonderful’ illustration of Isaiah 32:14 – “the castle will be forsaken, the noisy city deserted; citadel and tower will become wasteland forever” – is in areas where coal is mined, such as in North Rhine-Westphalia...

The Church will not remain silent. We will continue to raise our voice alongside science, civil society, and the most vulnerable, with truth, courage and consistency, until justice is done...

We are all saddened by his sudden departure. Let us accompany him with our prayers and grateful memories, united with Jesus Christ, our elder brother who died and rose again. He showed us the way to the house of our God, Father and Mother, where we will all be united in true Love forever.

We publish the latest statement from A Jerusalem Voice for Justice: an ecumenical witness for equality and a just peace in Palestine/Israel, a collective of Christians who are experiencing firsthand the war in Palestine and Israel...

On August 20, 2025, Israeli forces stormed Gaza City, where nearly one million displaced civilians had sought refuge, many already starving. Two days later, on August 22nd, the United Nations declared a famine. By then, the damage was done: 273 people had already died of starvation, including 112 children. The declaration was not a warning, but a grim confirmation of what humanitarian organisations have been saying for months: Gazans have long endured a deliberate descent into starvation...

In response to Brazil’s worst mining disaster in 2015, the FEI Research Group on the Social License to Operate was formed to investigate the social and environmental impacts of mining on vulnerable communities. Their groundbreaking research in the Amazon, particularly in Parauapebas, revealed how economic dependence masks low community trust and perceived injustice, highlighting the urgent need for inclusive decision-making and genuine corporate responsibility in extractive industries.

Misleading information about the causes and consequences of climate change obstructs effective policy responses. This Summary for Policymakers summarizes findings from the larger Synthesis Report “Information Integrity about Climate Science: A Systematic Review” (SR2025.1)...

The downstream effects of the greed of the Global North are rarely seen by the individuals who contribute the most to the high volume of waste. The reality is that countries in the Global South must deal with the industrial production and waste generated by the Global North. Governments are not effectively addressing these impacts, so people have taken it upon themselves to collect and sort waste for economic survival...

How seriously do you take the environmental crisis—both locally and globally? Why is the Catholic Church calling for an “ecological conversion”? And what role do the Jesuits play today, in Slovenia and around the world?

As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed their families. With supplies now totally depleted, humanitarian organisations are witnessing their own colleagues and partners waste away before their eyes...