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The Awajún Autonomous Territorial Government (GTAA) announces new initiatives to promote food sovereignty through training modules on ecological and ancestral agricultural techniques. During the year 2025, the GTAA will carry out training aimed at women on traditional crops. These efforts seek to counteract the loss of local seeds and crops, caused by the introduction of food products from the external market in the territory, among other factors...

How the commitment to ecology and the environment was born and matured in the Society of Jesus during the last 50 years. Monday, December 3, 1984, is still a disastrous day in India. The gas leak from Bhopal, the world's worst industrial disaster, killed some 20,000 poor people, most of whom lived in slums. Half a million of those who survived suffered and continue to suffer respiratory problems, eye irritation or blindness and other disorders derived from exposure to toxic gas. In the midst of legal battles in India and the United States and protests by victims and environmental activists, "justice" remains an elusive mirage and a distant dream for millions of people...

As the Holy See releases a document on artificial intelligence, the Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education tells Vatican News about AI’s extraordinary potential and the need for humanity to guide its development with collective responsibility, so that it may be a blessing for all people...

The Integral Ecology Emerging Leaders Fellowship highlights the importance of caring for creation, as well as the integral connection between all beings...

Confronting ecological problems on a global scale can be disconcerting, but we can start to catalyse change by building small habits in a local context.

A landmark food security program in Timor-Leste has brought new methods to farmers who reap individual and collective benefits from this training.

The Society of Jesus in Indonesia celebrated the opening of its newest centre for research and advocacy, PRAKSIS, on 10 December, coinciding with World Human Rights Day. PRAKSIS is envisioned to serve as the “spokesperson” of the Society of Jesus in Indonesia in public discussions on pressing social issues...

For more than two and a half centuries, until its suppression in 1773, the Society of Jesus was the largest and best known religious order among those dedicated to teaching. By 1749, of the 23,000 Jesuits, there were about 15,000 destined for 800 educational centers, with more than 200,000 students. They therefore formed the largest international network of schools at a time when state education was practically non-existent...

Education, considered a fundamental human right, faces growing threats in various regions of the world.

The war in Sudan continues to ravage the lives of thousands of people. Military violence and bombing campaigns have displaced families and those who are fortunate enough to flee, often with just the clothes on their backs, have arrived at Renk, one of the transit zones at the border of neighbouring South Sudan.