Education

Access to quality education, health and other basic services continues to be a problem in both rural and urban areas in India. In spite of numerous legislative bills that have been passed by the government to address these issues,

Promoting Reconciliation with Creation (RwC) as a shared value and priority in JCAP ministries and with its partners is a continuing narrative greatly re-affirmed by the Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs) issued early last year by Father General.

The pandemic has shaken the foundations on which humankind stands. Not only the human foundations have been shaken, but the economic, social, technological, cultural, political, financial and spiritual ones too.

The social sector of the Jesuit Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean organized a reflection on “The impact of Covid-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean”. It counted with the participation as main speakers of Rosa Cañeta, economist and specialist in public policies, and Pablo Mella SJ, professor at the Pedro Francisco Bonó Insitute. You can hear it here.

This Easter the Inter-Religious Working Group on Extractive Industries invites you to encounter God through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, and in the beauty and suffering of the Amazon region and its people.

On 10th March SJES Organized a webinar on Querida (Beloved) Amazonía: A Path to Inculturate and transform the Church with Austen Iveriegh, a fellow in Contemporary Church history at Campion Hall, Oxford University.

The International Federation of Fe y Alegría (with1600 centres in 22 countries and more than 40 000 collaborators, one of the greatest popular education movements in Latin America) turned 65 on March 5th.

The Jesuit major superiors of South Asia have spoken out against the recent riots that broke out in Delhi that killed at least 47 people, and left hundreds wounded and many more homeless. The Jesuits condemned the “apparent complicity of the police forces in the violence”

Prof. Austen Ivereigh, a UK based Catholic journalist, author, commentator and biographer of Pope Francis will be the main presenter on Querida Amazonia: A path to inculturate and transform the Church on 10th March at 16.00 hrs (CET).

Around 200 Indians from various religions living in Italy met in Rome recently to pray for unity, integrity and protection of the constitutional values in their motherland. Even others who believe in unity, peace, integrity and democratic and secular values of India attended the interreligious program.