Franciscan Milestone at the UN
As if watching a football match, the team set up a big screen and followed the deliberation of the UN Human Rights Council on these two important resolutions.
Franciscans preparing for COP26 in Glasgow
Six years after the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, it’s critical to assess progress while ramping up pledges and laying out a clear plan of action for achieving climate action goals in the short, medium, and long term.
Franciscans in 48th UN Human Rights Council
During this pandemic, advocacy work was challenging. Franciscan International has the difficulty of bringing partners from outside Europe. On that note, they maximized the opportunity that Br. Angel Cortez, OFM was there with them.
Towards a strong Franciscan Collaboration
The OFM – JPIC Office represented by Br. Angelito A. Cortez, OFM, went to Geneva, Switzerland last October 3 to 9, 2021, to visit Franciscan International for future collaboration and prepare for the preparation of Franciscan Participation in COP 26.
The Franciscan Spirit of Spreading Hope to Others
The pandemic of COVID-19 is not end yet. The damaged is already huge and disaster. Many people lost their loved ones, plenty people in the hospital, huge number of people losing their job and countless people searching for food from generous people
On the Assassination of Br. Juan Antonio Orozco Alvarado, OFM
The Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Commissions of the Franciscan Family of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, with deep sorrow we lament the death of Rev. Fr. Juan Antonio Orozco Alvarado, OFM, belonging to the Franciscan Province of Saints Francis and James in Mexico, JPIC animator and composer of the Hymn of the Revolution Laudato Si’
Photo & Painting exhibition for the resolution of the Myanmar crisis
Korean Buddhist Action for Democracy in Myanmar and JPIC(Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation) commission of Order of Friars Minor have organized the photo & painting exhibition for the resolution of the Myanmar crisis.
Religious groups call for int’l community to take action Myanmar crackdown
Religious groups in South Korea issued a joint statement on Thursday calling for the international community to take action against the ongoing violent military crackdown in Myanmar following a coup there in February.
Human Rights Day
We are blessed and privilege that as a Franciscan family we have a voice in the United Nation through the Franciscans International. The core business of Franciscans International is human rights advocacy.
Tearing Down the Walls Challenging myths about migration from a human rights perspective
This publication aims at deconstructing predominant myths about migration and human mobility more generally, from a human rights perspective.