Traduire:   Cardinal Czerny: ‘Fratelli tutti’ shows path for proper treatment of migrants In a blog post for the Catholic Migration Commission, Cardinal Michael Czerny describes the importance of ‘Fratelli tutti’ as applied to the plight of migrants and refugees. […]

Le Pape à l’ONU: faire de la crise une opportunité À l’occasion du 75e anniversaire de la fondation de l’Organisation des Nations unies (ONU), le Pape François envoie un message vidéo aux participants de la “semaine de haut niveau” qui […]

Traduire:   Necesario replantear condiciones de trabajo mundial: Foro Ibero Expertos coincidieron en la necesidad de fomentar la economía social en el mundo de cara al COVID-19 La Ibero Puebla, a través del Laboratorio de Innovación Económica y Social (LAINES), […]

Traduire:   A Common Journey for Social Justice: 1919-2019 The Holy See and the International Labour Organization Descrizione Labour is “the essential key to the whole social question and is the condition not only for economic development but also for […]

Traduire:   Laudato Si’ Week: 5 years since Pope Francis’ encyclical on integral ecology As the Church marks Laudato Si’ Week ahead of the 5th anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical on 24 May, we explore some of the themes running […]

Traduire:   Pope at Mass: May no one be without work, dignity, a just wage Pope Francis offered his Mass on Friday for all workers as the Church celebrates the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, and reflects on the […]

Le manque d’emplois rémunérés touche près d’un demi-milliard de personnes selon un nouveau rapport de l’OIT  En raison d’un déficit d’emplois décents, associé à la montée du chômage et à la persistance des inégalités, les gens ont de plus en plus de mal à se construire une vie meilleure grâce […]

Traduire:   An Ecological Reading of the Synod for the Pan-Amazon Region  The Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region, held in Rome from October 6 to 27, 2019, has had media impact mainly due to two proposals: the ordination of married men and the expansion of ministries (including diaconate) to incorporate women. The first proposal is, according to the final document, “to establish criteria and dispositions … […]

Traduire:   Filipino workers spend decades caring for Israeli families. Now they risk deportation for having children.  Beth Franco kissed the ground when she arrived at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport in 1999. Though she never imagined she would be in the land where Jesus had once walked, she was eager to start this new chapter of her life. Back then, the beach city of Tel Aviv reminded her of Manila, in her native Philippines, but she has seen the skyline grow into jagged peaks as skyscrapers have shot up over the last two decades; and Ms. Franco has now lived almost half her 45 years in Israel.  […]

Traduire:   On the Hundredth Year of the United States Bishops’ Program of Social Reconstruction  Most Reverend Frank J. Dewane Bishop of Venice Chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development United States Conference of Catholic Bishops September 2, 2019  In the Gospel for this Labor Day, Jesus proclaims in the synagogue the words of Isaiah: that he, like […]

Traduire: Work as enterprise: recovering a theology of work  In this text, Dr. Richard Turnbull, looks to the many theological questions surrounding the world of work, such as just what the term “work” encompasses to Christians, since it cannot simply be restricted to paid employment. He goes […]