The President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Cardinal Peter Turkson, on Friday spoke during a special event in Geneva discussing Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter Laudato si’. “Pope Francis puts forward the concept of integral ecology, which clearly respects the human and social dimensions of the crisis,” Cardinal Turkson said. “This is...
Yesterday evening a new text of the Paris agreement was released, and CIDSE, alliance of 17 Catholic development agencies, hopes that some key issues will still be addressed before the closing of the negotiations planned for tomorrow. “We call for leaders, in the little time left, to do everything possible to make the agreement...
París 08-12-2015 (REPAM).- El viernes 11 de noviembre, conoceremos si los líderes políticos del mundo –reunidos en la COP21-, han sido capaces de llegar a un acuerdo que permita detener o controlar mejor el acelerado cambio climático que vive el planeta tierra. Actualmente, los grupos de negociación en París, actúan en 4 áreas: El...
Presidenta de CIDH denomina la situación “una desgracia total” ¡Descargue el informe aquí! Read this article in English here La Presidenta de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) ha denominado las democracias de las Américas “una desgracia total” por haber fallado en la protección de quienes defienden los derechos a la tierra, el...
“Iron ore, journey with no return: from the Brazilian Amazon to the German automakers” is a production of Misereor. Misereor is a German Catholic Bishops organization, which for over 50 years has been committed to eradicate poverty in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The production depicts in 28 minutes the daily life of the...
The Amazon rainforest is the largest in the world and the Amazon River, the world’s largest river in terms of discharge, drains about 6.9 million square kilometers or about 40% of the entire South American continent. But areas outside the basin are included when people speak about the Amazon, and this Pan-Amazonia region ranges...
The leaders of Catholic agencies from around the world will be in Rome from 12 – 17 May for the 20th Caritas Internationalis General Assembly, titled “One Human Family, Caring for Creation”. It will start on Tuesday evening 12 May with a Mass with Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica. Delegates will elect their...
