Human Rights

"Utterly terrifying" -stories from Bangladesh

A group of young volunteers from Xavier Learning Community with Fr Sarayuth Konsupap SJ, vocation promoter and formation delegate of the Jesuits in Thailand, organised a visit to the villagers to bring them the joy of the Eucharist as they begin the new year.

A social Jesuit project in Timor-Leste that brings water and the love of God to many.

ERIC/Radio Progreso is our social apostolate here in Honduras, a part of the Province of Central America. Our approach is based on two major principles: firstly, faith in the liberating strength of the poor, and secondly, in the justice that springs from faith in Christ who makes all things new, no matter how seemingly sad or dark.

Bilbao, 5 December 2022. On the occasion of International Volunteer Day, the NGOs Entreculturas and Alboan wanted to reiterate the important role of volunteers in the world, claiming the urgent need to support, promote and strengthen both local volunteering and international volunteering in Spain.

Bharat Jodo Yatra(BJY) is a mass movement started by theIndian National Congress that aims to unite the country against the fascist politics of the rulingBharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The First National Afro Brazil - SJ Meeting took place in Fortaleza (CE) between 21 and 23 October, a critical moment for discussing developments in the collective construction of antiracist actions in Jesuit works, besides strengthening the Afro Brazil SJ Articulation and its organisational and strategic identity.

In a letter the prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development commemorates his confrères murdered on the night of 16 November 1989 at the Central American University of the Society of Jesus in San Salvador: "Their lives and deaths inspire our mission".

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.

OTTAWA — As Canada and other countries transition to green energy technology in response to climate change, Fr Jacques Nzumbu SJ underscored that such a move must not be made at the expense of the environment, and the human rights of vulnerable people like those in his home country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).