Church organizations and networks ask Pope Leo XIV to include victims of extractivism in the dialogue on mining

Church organizations and networks ask Pope Leo XIV to include victims of extractivism in the dialogue on mining

The Justice in Mining Network, part of the Global Ignatian Advocacy Network (GIAN), has signed the “OPEN LETTER for a Samaritan Church: Hear the cry of the poor and of the Earth” launched by the Churches and Mining Network on January 25...

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A National Consultation on how to take forward the Stan Legacy

A National Consultation on how to take forward the Stan Legacy

On an invitation from Bagaicha Social Centre, established by the late Stan Swamy, SJ in Ranchi, 18 Jesuits of South Asian Conference gathered at Bagaicha,Namkum, Ranchi, Jharkhand for a two-day consultation, on 5,6 October, 2025 to reflect, share and discuss on how to take forward the Stan Legacy...

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Language and Violence:  The Power of Words to Harm, Heal, or Transform –  A Sri Lankan Reflection

Language and Violence: The Power of Words to Harm, Heal, or Transform – A Sri Lankan Reflection

In Sri Lanka—a land of breathtaking beauty and painful histories—language has never been a neutral tool. It has been a weapon, a shield, a wound, and, at its best, a bridge. The island’s long struggle with ethnic conflict, political polarisation, and social inequality has shown repeatedly that...

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Can the fracture between our faith and the care for our common home be healed?

Can the fracture between our faith and the care for our common home be healed?

In the heart of Metro Manila, where the concrete landscape often feels relentless, a quiet space of green emerges to challenge today’s disconnection: the Sacred Heart Sacred Earth (SHSE) project. This initiative was not born as a mere administrative program, but as a profound awakening that seeks to integrate ecological consciousness into the very essence of Jesuit formation and retreat life...

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Brumadinho, Seven Years Later

Brumadinho, Seven Years Later

On January 25, 2019, the collapse of a tailings dam at Vale S.A.’s Córrego do Feijão mine in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, resulted in 272 fatalities. The majority were workers—employees of Vale and its contractors—caught in one of the deadliest workplace tragedies in recent history...

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Yes, Miracles are possible through Nonviolent/Compassionate Communication

Yes, Miracles are possible through Nonviolent/Compassionate Communication

MP Mathai’s reflects on Nonviolent/Compassionate Communication as a powerful means of transforming violence by reconnecting people with their innate capacity for compassion...

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The Ground Zero of Invisible Poverty

The Ground Zero of Invisible Poverty

Across the territory of the Jesuit Conference of European Provincials (JCEP), Jesuit works are increasingly called to respond to situations of deep social exclusion, forced migration, and environmental degradation...

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A smile that needs no translation

A smile that needs no translation

In September 2025, Joe Munnelly, Communications and Research Officer with Irish Jesuits International, visited some of the projects funded and assisted by IJI in South Sudan. He was deeply touched by the people he encountered and the work he witnessed...

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Pope: Amid war and loss of respect for human dignity, let us pray for peace

Pope: Amid war and loss of respect for human dignity, let us pray for peace

Pope Leo XIV invites the faithful to pray for Christian unity and for peace, especially in our time marked by a lack of respect for human dignity and heightened international tensions...

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Three American Cardinals had recently signed a joint statement “Charting A Moral Vision of American Foreign Policy”.

Three American Cardinals had recently signed a joint statement “Charting A Moral Vision of American Foreign Policy”.

Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, Archbishop of Washington and Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark, had recently signed a joint statement “Charting A Moral Vision of American Foreign Policy”.The three cardinals urged the Trump administration to step back from foreign policy strategies and goals that threaten world peace...

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