JPIC News and Updates

In his message for this 52nd World Communications Day, Pope Francis addresses the issue of "fake news" and reminds us that communications is at the service of TRUTH.

Volume 1, Issue 3 is now available. Our theme for this quarter is ENVIRONMENT.

Marie Jeanne Elonga rscj and Anne Corry rscj participated in the November 23 vigil for South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there seems to be no end to the conflict and suffering.

Pope Francis has named the thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary time (November 19, 2017) the World Day of the Poor.

Volume 1, Issue 2 is now available. Our theme for this quarter is MIGRATION.

On September 21, at 12 noon (in each of our time zones), let us practice ESPACIO (a time of silence) for PEACE.

Let us pray together for all those in our world who are suffering from climate disasters, conflict, hunger, and violence.

Seven RSCJs in Rome from the communities of probation, the Villa Lante, and the Mother House participated in "Rome Half Marathon VIA PACIS" on 17th September 2017.

Sheila Smith rscj and Anne Corry rscj attended the UN Fifth Thematic Consultation on the Global Compact on Migration, which was held in Vienna on 5th September 2017.

"Every country in the world is affected by human trafficking, whether as a country of origin, transit, or destination for victims.... This year the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has chosen ‘act to protect and assist trafficked persons’ as the focus of the World Day."

Today we launch the joint newsletter of JPIC International and the UN-NGO.