A disarmed heart to achieve peace, open to pardon and to forgive to God's mercy. This is one of the appeals which Pope Francis has for every person in his message for the LVIII World Day of Peace on 1st January, which title is "Forgive us our trespasses: grant us your peace".
Last year, Justice and Peace Europe decided on the biennial nature of its concerted action and formulated it directly: "Facing Our Fears and Reconnecting the World." "Do not be afraid" is our starting point. These are not new words from Justice and Peace. They are the words of Jesus in the Gospel (Matthew 10, 26). They are also...
The proclamation of January 24 as International Day of Education by the United Nations General Assembly in 2018 highlights the importance of education in the development of individuals and peoples. Its next celebration will take place on January 25, under the theme "Recovering and revitalizing education for the COVID-19 generation", which refers to...
Laudato si' is not an ecological encyclical, but a social encyclical in which the Pope has masterfully united the cry of the poor with the cry of the earth
Nosotros juntos (We together), is the motto of the United Nations International Migrants Day. In just two words, it concentrates much of what should be the result of a migration policy. "Together in one we". Together without "them" drawing borders that distance us. Together, to face the present. Together and together "In Proximity" because...
The periodic commemoration of certain milestones or situations, more or less officially called "international day of ...." can be a good occasion for society to take stock of the problems that affect it, facilitating the path towards a better future, from the perspective of the road that has been traveled, and above all, it is effective to keep...
The human being has generated, and still generates, sadness for the planet but also great achievements and deep manifestations of love and solidarity. The need to listen to the clamor of the Earth and the need to defend our planet is an "urgent challenge to protect our common home [that] includes a concern to bring the whole human family together...
The purpose of these lines is not to make an erudite and systematic exposition of the objectives and contents of Fratelli Tutti (FT) but an invitation to read them in the keys the title of this article indicates, through the memory of texts and facts of the history of the Church and of the Social Doctrine of the Church (SDC)....
As Christian persons and families, it is not easy in these times to live Gospel values in a coherent way. We live in a dominant culture that embraces other values that are sometimes anti-values such as consumerism, hedonism, and selfishness from thousand faces. Words like effort and discipline have lost much of their meaning in large sectors of...
