Luciano Larivera SJ - Jesuit European Social Centre https://jesc.eu Vision and Values for Europe Tue, 01 Jul 2025 22:33:34 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Listening with the ear of the heart https://jesc.eu/listening-with-the-ear-of-the-heart/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=listening-with-the-ear-of-the-heart Mon, 31 Jan 2022 10:19:18 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=9203 St. Francis de Sales is the patron saint of Catholic communicators and, in particular, journalists, because he was a great and appreciated writer for the masses. “A study of his communication style reveals that love for God and charity for man are his supreme inspirational principles”, Vincenzo Marinelli declares. Once again this year on his […]

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]]> Together for an integral ecology https://jesc.eu/together-for-an-integral-ecology/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=together-for-an-integral-ecology Mon, 31 Jan 2022 09:41:22 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=9196 The notion of “integral ecology is like Noah’s Ark, a solid reality to face storms”; while that of “sustainability” is comparable to the Rainbow of the Genesis story, beautiful and colorful, useful and pacifying, but risks being in the air and disappearing quickly. It recalls the risk of greenwashing, that is, the adjective “sustainable” is […]

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]]> Herman Van Rompuy at ELP https://jesc.eu/herman-van-rompuy-at-elp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=herman-van-rompuy-at-elp Mon, 24 Jan 2022 10:12:04 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=9188 ELP follows and JESC staff members had the pleasure of the annual meeting with Herman Van Rompuy, former President of the European Council (2009-14) and Jesuit Alumnus. This two-hour event took place online 20 January at 6 pm. His lecture can be encapsulated in three concepts: authenticity of politicians, art of compromise, formation of consciousness. […]

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]]> World Day of Peace and the European Leadership Programme https://jesc.eu/pope-2021-world-day-of-peace-and-leadership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pope-2021-world-day-of-peace-and-leadership Fri, 21 Jan 2022 12:18:39 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=9171 Reading the Pope 2022 World Day of Peace in the JESC European Leadership Programme   Dialogue Between Generations, Education and Work: Tools for Building Lasting Peace: this is the title of the Pope’s message for the 2022 Word Day of Peace. Francis usual attention to younger generations is particularly coherent with the European Year of […]

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]]> Roberta Metsola elected European Parliament president https://jesc.eu/roberta-metsola/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roberta-metsola Wed, 19 Jan 2022 12:07:14 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=9161 On January 18th, Roberta Metsola was elected European Parliament President, with 458 votes out of the 705 MEPs in Parliament.   As First Vice-President she had also the responsibility for implementing Article 17 dialogue. The Jesuit European Social Centre (JESC) has had several opportunities to work with her in the Dialogue with Churches, religious associations or communities, philosophical and […]

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]]> European Year of Youth 2022 https://jesc.eu/european-year-of-youth-2022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=european-year-of-youth-2022 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 09:16:34 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=9142 The European Parliament and the Council decided to declare 2022 the European Year of Youth (22 December 2021). This proposal was announced by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in her 2021 State of the Union address, when she considered that the pandemic has deprived young people of many opportunities: Covid has […]

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]]> IXE Statement on the rule of law https://jesc.eu/ixe-statement-on-the-rule-of-law/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ixe-statement-on-the-rule-of-law Tue, 16 Nov 2021 09:47:13 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=9011 IXE, which stands for the “Initiative of Christians for Europe” is a group of multiple organizations including the JESC, that represents Catholic social teachings in Europe.   IXE had its six-monthly meeting in Gent (October 15th-17th). The main topic of the session was the rule of law because of both the tensions within the European […]

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]]> Pope Francis meets European Commission President at the Vatican https://jesc.eu/pope-francis-meets-european-commission-president-at-the-vatican/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pope-francis-meets-european-commission-president-at-the-vatican Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:20:22 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=8621 In an audience at the Vatican on Saturday morning, May 22, Pope Francis received the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who subsequently met with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, accompanied by Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States.   The Pope and the European Commission President spoke privately […]

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