Advocacy

In its October edition, AJANEWS basically focused on raising response to a greater need for awareness on environmental conservation and means of sensitization of the importance of a greener environment to our health.

For eight months, the Jesuits in Europe, with the support of Jesuit Mission Australia, have been providing emergency assistance, shelter and opportunity to refugees fleeing the conflict in Ukraine.

In the parish of Jesús Obrero de Los Flores de Catia, an apostolic work of the Society of Jesus, there is a constant tension to discern and operate within the horizon of the Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs) and the mission entrusted to it by the local Church. Such is the cross-cutting axis that runs through the parish's life and works, its raison d'être amid the complexity of this popular capital neighbourhood.

After COP 26 fails to address the question of climate justice, African countries intend to take advantage of COP27 in Africa (Egypt) to be heard and bring the world nations to commit to this issue and many others for safeguarding the planet.

Healing Earth, the free online environmental science textbook developed by Jesuit collaborators of the International Jesuit Ecology Project and launched 10 years ago, released its third edition in October 2022 with additional features that improve its usage.

Ridhima Pandey is a 14-year-old climate activist from Uttarakhand, India, who spoke at the 50th General Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference on 17 October.

Haiti is one of the poorest and most backward countries on the planet, and after the devastating earthquake of 2010—it is now in a new economic and political crisis.

From 5-18 November 2022, as world leaders gather in Egypt for the COP27 global climate talks, we will run the Caravan of Hope – Voices from the Margins COP27 Series.

The Society of Jesus in Mexico has issued a statement condemning the army's classification of the Jesuit social centre "Miguel Agustín Prodh" as a "pressure group", as well as other actions against the congregation. We share the communiqué: We condemn the classification of the Centro Prodh as a "pressure group" and the military monitoring of religious, after the Cerocahui murders

Senior figures from the Catholic Church in Africa are calling for world leaders to finally agree to provide finance for Loss and Damage to help countries in the continent facing the devastating impacts of climate change at the annual UN climate conference (COP27) taking place in Egypt from 7 to 18 November 2022.