Season of Creation in Brazil. Transforming lives through recycling and social inclusion
For the Season of Creation 2024, we continue to present Franciscan experiences in integral ecology, this time from Brazil.
Peace proyect in Colombia. The unarmed struggle for the dignity of life
In the northeast of Colombia, in Santander, is the region known as Catatumbo, characterized mainly by a war that has been going on for more than fifty years, there are large coca plantations for the production of alkaloids and the presence of armed groups outside the law.
Migration: Catholic organizations discuss “Cartagena +40”
As part of the fortieth anniversary of the signing of the “Cartagena Declaration” (1984), one of the most important legal instruments of recent decades in terms of protection and solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Embassy of Chile to the Holy See has organized a conference to give a voice to refugees and displaced people. On Tuesday the 2nd July 2024, at the Palace of San Calixto, together with several Catholic organizations, such as the Jesuit Refugee Service and Caritas International, they addressed the challenges of the migratory context and formulated recommendations for governments in the development of the Action Plan of Chile 2024-2034.
“A sea of brotherhood. The Franciscans for a new humanism of the Mediterranean”. Chapter of the Mats in Taranto, Italy
From Friday the 14th to Sunday the 16th June 2024 the Chapter of the Mats was held in Taranto, entitled “A sea of fraternity. The Franciscans for a new humanism of the Mediterranean”, in which friars, Poor Clares and lay people belonging to the Franciscan family participated.
Franciscans International. Annual Report 2023
On behalf of Franciscans International and its International Board of
Directors (IBD) I am pleased to present the annual report of our work in defense of the rights and dignity of all and care for creation” (Br. Michael Perry, OFM)
JPIC International Course 2024 “Greccio and La Verna. Sources of justice, peace, and reconciliation”
The General Office of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) and the Pontifical Antonianum University (PUA) of Rome held the annual course for JPIC animators of the Franciscan Family from the 20th to 26th May 2024.
First meeting of the Franciscan family that works with migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean concludes. “Migrants are rejected for being poor”.
On Sunday, the 12th May, the meeting of the Franciscan family that gathered in Marrakech, Morocco, to address the issue of migration in the Mediterranean concluded.
General Office for JPIC visited the Province of St. Francis Herald of Peace, West Papua-Indonesia
On behalf of the JPIC General Office, Br. Taucen Girsang visited the Province of St Francis Herald of Peace in West Papua-Indonesia, from 20-29 April 2024, to listen and to exchange experiences with the friars regarding JPIC activities.
Visit of the JPIC General Office to the Province of the Holy Martyrs of Korea in South Korea
After the gathering of the Franciscan Conferences of Asia and Oceania in Manila, Philippines, Br. Taucen Girsang and Br. Daniel Rodriguez Blanco from the General Office for JPIC Office spent 14-18 April 2024 in Seoul visiting the Province of the Holy Martyrs of Korea.
Second day of the meeting of the Franciscan family that cares for migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean
On Saturday, the 11th May, the second day of the meeting of the Franciscan family gathered at the friary of the Holy Martyrs of Morocco in the city of Marrakech.