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A week ago Pope Francis signed the decree which recognises Fr. Rutilio Grande S.J. and his lay companions Manuel Solórzano y Nelson Rutilio Lemus, killed in hatred of the faith, as martyrs. This is an important step ahead in the beatification process of these martyrs.

Over the next 10 years, Georgetown University will divest from fossil fuels – a move heralded by Catholic environmental activists as putting Pope Francis’s ecological vision into action. The announcement was made the week of Feb. 3 following a vote by the Jesuit institution’s board of directors.

In trying to understand the role of Ecojesuit in the face of the broad ecological movement, it is a challenge to define a path forward for the coming decade as each institution has its own agenda of how to proceed and what it aims to achieve. But the process of change calls for listening to others, and as we seek to understand the Lord’s mission, we are called to join and collaborate.

In the first two points (2-4), the Pontiff explains “the significance of this Exhortation”, enriched with references to documents of the Episcopal Conferences of the countries that make up the Amazon region, as well as of poetry written by poets connected to the Amazon.

In 2019, little more than ten years since its inception in Manaos (2008), the Network gathers 41 social centres in Latin America and the Caribbean and five working teams which deal with subjects such as microfinance, integral ecology, human rights and democracy, advocacy, and the “Comparte” Network.

The presence of the La Victoria mining company was detected a year ago in this region of the Northern Sierra of Veracruz, exploring the municipalities of Huayacocotla and Zacualpan, Veracruz and Agua Blanca Hidalgo, without permission from the community authorities.

In the beginning of January, a group of Jesuit scholastics from Arrupe International Residence studying theology in Manila attended an immersion workshop at the Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center (APC) in Bendum, a small village tucked in the mountains of Bukidnon in northern Mindanao, Philippines.

In his first outright critique of the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens by the Goa Church, the head of the Jesuit Mission in Goa, Fr. Roland Coelho, has called for opposition to the CAA, saying the controversial Act along with the NRC was ominous and could be abused in Goa.

The New Year is a traditional time to contemplate both the past and the future, which made it a most suitable setting for the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) Scholastics and Brothers’ Circle workshop on Safeguarding and Protection of Minors and Vulnerable Adults. The liturgical calendar was likewise appropriate,

Access to formal education can improve the well-being of refugees in camps, and significantly develops their skills and knowledge. The young girls in the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Safe Haven shelter are enthusiastic about their education despite the harsh conditions in the camp.