Social Justice
Urging Australia to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12
A group of prominent legal, human rights and social services organisations has urged Australia’s Attorneys-Generals to increase the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to...read more
Two years after Haiyan … a new life
A new life. That is how Lilia Advincula of Barangay Calvary Hill in Tacloban City described her community’s situation as they commemorated the second anniversary...read more
Learning from the Experiment
Fr Benny Juliawan SJ, Social Apostolate Coordinator of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific, shares a reflection on the recent Networking for Justice meeting in...read more
Pope Francis supports global education initiative for refugee children and youth
In a private audience with 15 refugees and friends and staff of Jesuit Refugee Service to commemorate the 35th anniversary of JRS on November 14,...read more
Honouring a nun’s dedication
Jesuit Refugee Service /USA will commemorate 35 years of working alongside refugees and the displaced on December 1, and present Sr Denise Coghlan RSM with...read more
Jesuits in Cambodia respond to Laudato si’
After the release of Laudato si’ in May and the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific’s response in July, the Jesuits in Cambodia met to reflect...read more
Pastoral care for the families left behind by labour migration
“I didn’t experience your caress when I was little because you left me on day one, and even up to now,” writes one student at...read more
Top European Jesuits call for solidarity with refugees
Brussels, 19 October 2015 – Hospitality and generosity should be at the centre of our response to the increased arrivals of refugees in Europe, say...read more
The power of a genuinely global response
Six months have passed since the “Palm Sunday Typhoon”, Maysak, hit Chuuk, Micronesia on March 29, 2015. Life is almost back to normal at Xavier...read more