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Loyola 2022 Justice and Ecology Congress

JESC — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 10:18:49 +0000

The Jesuit European Social Centre (JESC) is pleased to launch the new Loyola 2002 Congress website. The Loyola 2022 Congress will take place between 28th March to 1st April 2022 at Loyola, Spain. The Congress will act as a milestone in the “deeper renewal” and align processes of the Jesuit Conference of European Provincials […]

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Stan Swamy SJ: Jesuit human rights activist dies at 84

JESC — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 14:33:20 +0000

We are deeply saddened to hear that Fr. Stan Swamy SJ, human rights activist and Jesuit priest, passed away on Monday, July 5. The 84 year old activist died in the hospital while waiting for bail. Stan Swamy SJ, the oldest person to be accused of terrorism in India, was arrested in October 2020. […]

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Belarus’ Velvet revolution

Maria Alvarez Hierro — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:32:03 +0000

What is happening in Belarus? Belarus, a geostrategic country located on the eastern side of Europe, has been trapped in an authoritarian regime under Alyaksandr Lukashenko’s Communist Party since 1994. Freedom House1 considers Belarus to be a non-free country, with constantly manipulated national elections and a considerable restriction on civil and political rights. Today […]

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A Case for Climate and Outer-Space Collaboration

Peter Rožič SJ — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 09:30:18 +0000

A Case for Climate and Outer-Space Collaboration: Managing the World with the Great-Powers’ Good and Bad A new club of “states that need to be there” “for genuine and sustained strategic dialogue” (Haass and Kupchan) Introduction. In their Foreign Affairs article (March 2021),1 R. Haass and C. Kupchan predict a catastrophe unless […]

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Belarus: Countering the State Terror of Europe’s Last Dictator

Peter Rožič SJ — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:37:20 +0000

Diplomacy, Economy and Law: Countering the State Terror of Europe’s Last Dictator “Hijacking a civilian plane is an unprecedented act of state terrorism that cannot go unpunished” Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki1 (May 26 2021) On 23 May, at the command of President Lukashenko,2 Belarusian authorities diverted a civilian plane and forced it […]

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Franck Janin SJ visits JESC

JESC — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 14:42:43 +0000

Franck Janin SJ, the President of the Conference of European Provincials, visited JESC on March 2nd to meet with collaborators and to discuss JESC’s mission in the European Union. The visit took place in Collège Saint Michel in Brussels. Peter Rožič SJ, director of the Jesuit European Social Centre, opened the visitation with an introduction […]

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