A Matter of Justice: Debt Forgiveness in the Jubilee Year
The Permanent Mission of the Holy See co-organised a side-event during the current UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva, with the aim of raising awareness of the human cost…
Edmund Rice International and Deignan Institute at Iona University Join Climate March Targeting Citibank
On Sunday, August 25, a large contingent of several hundred climate activists joined a march in NYC to challenge the role of CitiBank, with Headquarters in New York City, as…
Season of Creation 2023
“Let Justice and Peace Flow” is the theme chosen for Season of Creation 2023 the ecumenical celebration held each year from September 1, World Day of Prayer for the Care…
ERI Geneva Training
Twelve members of the Edmund Rice and Franciscans International networks participated in the June 2023 Geneva Training with the Edmund Rice International (ERI) Team. With participants from Peru, South Africa,…
‘Our Common Home’ – Vatican Book Launch
At a recent meeting of Catholic-inspired NGOs in Geneva with Cardinal Czerny who heads the Vatican Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, copies of the about too be…
Global Inequality is Escalating
The world’s top 1 percent grabbed nearly two-thirds of the $42 trillion in new wealth created since 2020, according to Oxfam in a report entitled “Survival of the Richest” which…
COP 27 – A Decisive Moment in Addressing the Threat of Climate Change
The past eight years are on track to be the eight warmest on record, fuelled by ever-rising greenhouse gas concentrations and accumulated heat. Extreme heatwaves, drought and devastating flooding have…
Season of Creation 2022
The Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through celebration, conversion, and commitment together. During the Season of Creation, we join…
Latest IPCC Report: A ‘Brief and Rapidly Closing Window to Secure a Liveable Future’
Another disastrous consequence of the incomprehensible Russian invasion of Ukraine is to distract from an even greater threat to the very existence of life on our planet as we know…
The Future of Our Planet After COP26
The outcome of the recent COP26 meeting in Glasgow can be summed up in the words of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in his wrap up message to the conference,…