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Pope Francis meets European Commission President at the Vatican

Luciano Larivera SJ — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:20:22 +0000

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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The Threat of Climate Change and the Pope’s Response

Peter Rožič SJ — Tue, 25 May 2021 12:15:01 +0000

“Today’s ecological crisis, especially climate change, threatens the very future of the human family.” Pope Francis (2019)1 Human Security as Humanity’s Survival: The Threat of Climate Change and the Pope’s Response In this short reflection, I discuss the relative weight of climate change as a security risk. I asses the discussion through the lens of […]

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What I learned from Francis: If we care for the planet we care for ourselves

JESC — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 14:49:51 +0000

The Catholic Social teaching from inception to the digital age. How to live the Laudato si’. “I was delighted to see how Laudato Si’ has been well received by entrepreneurs and academics,” commented Peter Rožič SJ, Director of the Jesuit European Social Centre. Back to Brussels from a conference, in which he met the Pope, […]

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Time for a EU Renaissance

JESC — Sat, 15 Jun 2019 14:38:49 +0000

On this Trinity Sunday, we wish our readers every joy and blessing. Pope Francis prays for a Europe of unity to make the dream of the EU’s founding fathers come true. We, at JESC, think that it is time for a European Renaissance. I had the honour to recently meet Pope Francis, on June 8th […]

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Integral changes without conflict

JESC — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 08:42:52 +0000

Laudato Si’ is an Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis that lays down an interesting perspective on ecological and societal factors as causes of global changes, such as migration. Even though population movements are common phenomena, observed countless times in the history of humanity, they have an impact on migrants themselves and on local populations. Many […]

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Lead by voicing concern in Church and Europe

JESC — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:16:20 +0000

Both the European Union and the Catholic Church seem to be in a crisis. Europe is facing the rise of nationalism and Brexit to mention a few. The Church is dealing with never-ending scandals surrounding child abuse. Sharing the state of crisis, even if very different ones, the E.U. and the Church need to take […]

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Chaos and peace leadership

JESC — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:25:45 +0000

With the enthusiasm of the new year European and world leaders crafted both peace and justice as well as chaos and division. On January 1st, Pope Francis called for “good politics” (World Peace Day). The Pontiff emphasised that peace “is like a delicate flower struggling to blossom on the stony ground of violence.” While politics […]

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The future of work – labour after Laudato Si’

JESC — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 09:23:22 +0000

Written by: Fr. Pierre Martinot-Lagarde SJ, The future of work – labour after Laudato Si’ The project presented here aims at addressing the challenges introduced by Laudato Si’ for the world of work, in the traditional approach of the social doctrine, one of collaboration, dialogue and constructive proposal based on significant principals : the dignity […]

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Pope Francis in Dialogue with Europe

JESC — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 17:32:10 +0000

For Pope Francis the future of Europe is of crucial importance. For the fifth time, he delivered a speech on the topic of the continent where his family’s roots lie. The high point of the “Rethinking Europe” dialogue in Rome was the eagerly anticipated closing address by Pope Francis. With sober realism he took as […]

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Rethinking Europe

JESC — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:01:58 +0000

With the participation of Pope Francis, COMECE is organising a Dialogue Congress on the Future of the European Union in the Vatican at the end of October. In the beginning was the idea: the unification of Europe. In 1923 Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi wrote his programmatic book “Pan-Europe”, in which he set out his proposal for a European federation […]

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