Dear friends: This issue of the newsletter of the General Commission for Justice and Peace in Spain highlights World Day of the Poor 2025, whose motto – 'You are my hope' – coincides with Pope Leo XIV's first apostolic exhortation, Dilexi te. Both calls insist on the centrality of poor people in the life of the Church and...
This quarter has seen a change in the pontificate. On Easter Monday, we were struck by the sad news of the death of Pope Francis, who had captured the attention of believers and non-believers alike, reached out to the peripheries, and placed peace and environmental care at the center of the Church. The white smoke of the Spirit has brought...
Dear friends: We begin 2025 as a Jubilee dedicated to hope. In it, we seek and promote God's liberating justice throughout the earth. We heed the "desperate plea for help" to be a voice for the many situations of exploitation, oppression, and death that affect people and nature. The goods of the earth are for all humanity. Foreign debt has...
Dear Friends: Dilexit nos, the fourth encyclical letter from Pope Francis, is focused on the importance of building a "civilization of love" in today's world, revealing and changing what injustice has ruined, especially on a social level as a loving response from Christ. It presents the heart as the centre of the human being, where body, mind and...
When this year's Message for Peace was made public, some were surprised that the Pope focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI), a seemingly technical topic not directly related to peace. However, if we read carefully, we'll find its fit with the strengths of Francis' teachings. He presents it not as something new, but rooted at once in (i) the...
"Let justice and peace flow" is the motto of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, and it reveals to us what God desires. God wants justice to prevail, as it is essential for our lives, reflecting His image, just as water is essential for our physical survival. "This justice must arise wherever it is...
Dear friends: "To live better lives after the Covid-19 emergency, we cannot ignore one fundamental fact, namely that the many moral, social, political, and economic crises we are experiencing are all interconnected, and what we see as isolated problems are actually causes and effects of one another. Consequently, we are called to confront the...
During the month of November, the Church celebrated the Sixth World Day of the Poor. With the theme "For your sakes Christ became poor", the Pope intends to provoke a reflection on our lifestyle and the poverty of the present time. "Poverty enriches" is the paradox that preaches the life of Jesus. True richness is in the mutual love that...
Dear friends: Justice and Peace has joined Pope Francis´ call for a synodal Church. During the phase in Spain, it has been involved in the process of listening and discernment contributing to the Church´s journey to communion, participation, and mission. We have collaborated in different dioceses and, in addition, through the Laity Forum. We need...
«Let us dream the future together» is the invitation from all ecclesial, social, economic, political and environmental spheres in the last six months of the year. On the third Sunday in November, the Church commemorates the "World Day of the Poor", which this year was entitled «The poor you will always have with you». This presence should not get...
