Jesuits at the heart of the European Union

Jesuits at the heart of the European Union

Jesuits in Europe have long engaged with the continent’s political and social developments through reflection, formation, and advocacy inspired by Ignatian discernment and Catholic Social Teaching...

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Change in the coordination of the GIAN initiatives: Forced Migration and Justice in Mining

Change in the coordination of the GIAN initiatives: Forced Migration and Justice in Mining

We welcome Alberto Ares SJ, as the new coordinator of the Forced Migration initiative of the Global Ignatian Advocacy Network (GIAN/FM). Since 2018, Javier Cortegoso has coordinated this GIAN initiative on behalf of the Jesuit Network, Migrantes/LAC, and the CPAL...

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Launch of Mining Divestment Platform: a continental response to the cry of the earth and its peoples

Launch of Mining Divestment Platform: a continental response to the cry of the earth and its peoples

With a call to listen to “the cries of Mother Earth and the communities that resist,” the Mining Divestment Platform was officially launched, an initiative promoted by the Churches and Mining Network, the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (CELAM), and various ecclesial, academic, and social organizations on the continent...

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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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