May 15, 2023 | Integral Ecology, News, Newsletter, Peace
The three-day meeting (26-28 April 2023) of the Order’s animation Offices – Secretary General for Formation and Studies, Secretariat for Missions and Evangelisation and Justice Peace and Integration of Creation – with their counterparts from the South Slavic Conference concluded with an educational trip to Krka National Park, Visovac Island in Croatia, in the presence of the President of the South Slavic Conference, Br Marko Mrše and the Definitor General, Br Konrad Cholewa.
Apr 4, 2023 | Integral Ecology, Migration, News, Peace
Pope Francis has sent his response through the Vatican Secretariat of State to the General JPIC Office for the “Letter to Pope Francis. In the ten years of your ponticate, ten gifts for which to thank you”, by our Director Fr. Daniel Rodríguez Blanco, OFM.
Mar 28, 2023 | Human Rights, Integral Ecology, Migration, News, Peace, Social Justice
Rome, 24 March 2023. From 22 to 24 March, the Coordination Committee of the Franciscan Network of the Mediterranean meeting, organised by the General Office for Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation (JPIC), was held at the General Curia in Rome.
Mar 28, 2023 | Human Rights, Integral Ecology, Migration, News, Peace, Social Justice
During the meeting of the Coordination Committee of the Franciscan Network of the Mediterranean, we interviewed Br Francesco Zecca, OFM, of the Oikos Project and JPIC coordinator of COMPI (Conference of Minister Provincials of Italy and Albania).
Mar 28, 2023 | Human Rights, Integral Ecology, Migration, News, Peace, Social Justice
Taking place at the OFM General Curia, the meeting lasted for three days from March 22 to 24, 2023.
Mar 13, 2023 | Human Rights, Integral Ecology, Migration, News, Newsletter, Peace
Dear Pope Francis, whom the cardinals as your brothers went to seek “almost to the end of the world”:
May the Lord give you peace!
Feb 5, 2023 | Climate Action, Integral Ecology, News
Pope Francis establishes an education center on integral ecology in the papal residence of Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, to promote “ecological conversion” as called for in his Encyclical Laudato si’.
Nov 17, 2022 | COP, Integral Ecology, News
Prior to the conclusion of the first week of COP27, the various Catholic environmental organizations and institutions convened for the first time. The Franciscan delegation comprised of OFM-JPIC, Franciscans International, and other Franciscan groups from Africa attended the COP summit. COP27 is the first COP for Catholic players as an official UN Climate Change party (UNFCCC). Since COP24, the Franciscans have constantly participated in gatherings of Catholic actors. Archbishop Nicolas Thevenin, the Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, led the Vatican delegation that facilitated the meeting.
Nov 7, 2022 | COP, Integral Ecology, LSRevolution, News, Social Justice
The Franciscan Delegation, represented by Friar Angelito Andig Cortez, OFM, from the Province of San Pedro Bautista in the Philippines, a member of the OFMJPIC Animation Commission and an active partner of Franciscan International, participated in the annual Talanoa Dialogue at the beginning of COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, from November 5 to 18, 2022.
Nov 4, 2022 | Formation, Human Rights, Integral Ecology, Migration, News, Peace, Social Justice
Three franciscan brothers in Inicial Formation share their experiences working at the service of migrants.
