Global

From 2 to 7 March, Xavier Learning Community (XLC) in Chiang Rai, Thailand, hosted the “Learning from Southeast Asia” programme, which brought together students and staff from Japan’s Sophia University and Kwansei Gakuin University. This collaborative educational initiative aimed to deepen the participants’ understanding of critical global challenges and promote sustainable futures through hands-on learning...

Amid ongoing tensions and fighting, Burmese armed forces have bombed and destroyed a Catholic pastoral center of the Diocese of Banmaw in the northern part of Myanmar...

In Andahuaylillas, Peru, on February 24 and 25, 2025, the delegates and social secretaries of the Jesuit provinces of Latin America and the Caribbean met, with the participation of representatives from Central America, the Caribbean, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Argentina-Uruguay. The meeting, which was attended by authorities of the Society of Jesus and coordinators of the main social networks, aimed to strengthen the shared identity and mission, reflect on social challenges and promote network collaboration...

More than 100 faith leaders, including a number of Jesuits, wrote to the G20 finance ministers this week, urging them to help end the debt crisis that is harming so many in low-income countries...

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Natalia and her daughter fled their home in Mykolaiv to seek safety in Bucharest. Her husband stayed behind to serve in the Ukrainian army...

Europe’s largest humanitarian crisis since World War II continues, with over 8.8 million people—or nearly one in three Ukrainians— fleeing their homes, leaving behind memories and hopes for the future...

Jesuit Missions is seeking to clear the name of Fr Stan Swamy SJ, an Indian Jesuit priest. Fr Stan was arrested, aged 83, in October 2020 on false charges of terrorism. He was kept in appalling conditions in prison and died as a result in July 2021, aged 84. We want the Government of India to make an official declaration of his innocence.

Under the title "Men and Women for Others: Promoting a Consistent Culture of Protection in Jesuit Universities," an event was held on January 29 at Loyola Andalucía University. The event was inaugurated by Rector Magnificus Fabián Gómez-Estern, who then gave the floor to Father Provincial Enric Puiggrós, SJ.

As talks continue over the details of a ceasefire in the Middle East, many in Lebanon still require urgent humanitarian assistance...

Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, has emphasized the importance of incorporating the Church’s ministry to migrants, refugees and displaced persons into local pastoral programmes...