What is this blog about? It’s about Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation
Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation speaks to the daunting reality that we face in this poor, battered, wounded world. Poverty and starvation, sectarian violence, environmental degradation, global warming, the looming wars over water, the current violence in the name of oil, the battles over land and food, all these call us to change.
The crisis is real, but the first and last word is hope: we hope that there are things worth living for, things that give, bring and sustain life – love, reconciliation, compassion, justice, peace, solidarity and healing. We have indeed crafted a world that is at risk: heeding the Jesus’ message we can turn and live a different way: instead of culturing violence, to culture peace.
Read MoreRelying on the latest data from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Nasa, Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary-General, warned that melting ice due to global warming will cause [...]
Since his election, "Pope Francis has increased the presence, visibility and influence of women in the Vatican," says Austrian journalist Gudrun Sailer in an article published in Vatican [...]
“A country as vast as Western Europe and threatened with implosion... A country where the ruling class 'eats' 68% of the state budget with impunity and is unable to pay the military or [...]
A country as vast as Western Europe and threatened with implosion... A country where the ruling class 'eats' 68% of the state budget with impunity and is unable to pay the military or [...]
Lack of income, job opportunities and lack of livelihoods "leads to a desperation that essentially pushes people to seize opportunities, with whomever offers them," said Achim Steiner, UNDP [...]