The 9th global convening of the Parliament of the World’s Religions took place in Chicago, Illinois, USA, from August 14-18, 2023, with the theme “A Call to Conscience: Defending Freedom & Human Rights.” I participated [read…]
At the recently concluded VIVAT Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting in Rome, the board recommitted to its focus on Africa. This intervention is not only timely but long overdue. Derogatory names have sometimes characterized the [read…]
Sr Esperanza is a Holy Cross sister who works for migrants in Monterrey, Mexico. She recently participated in the VIVAT Mexico Workshop from 13-15 June 2023, where she got the opportunity to tell stories with [read…]
The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) convened the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) from July 10-19, 2023. The HLPF serves as a central platform for monitoring and reviewing the implementation of the [read…]
VIVAT International-Mexico (VIVAT Mexico) conducted its second workshop on June 13-15, 2023. The workshop occurred in a boiling summer at the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) Retreat House, Tepoztlán, in Morelos, Mexico. Eighteen participants [read…]
This year’s Bonn Climate Conference (SB58) was held on Monday, from June 5-15, 2023. The Conference serves as preparation for decisions to be adopted at COP28 in December in the United Arab Emirates. Building upon [read…]
My internship with VIVAT International at the New York Office took place in the first half of 2023. It was a gradual introduction to some of the UN processes and mechanisms that VIVAT International is [read…]
We are a group of 12 Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, doing missionary service in Zambia. We work in the dioceses of Livingstone and Kabwe. Motivated and guided by the Laudato Si Action [read…]
The peace agreement for the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan, signed in 2018 in its final version, should be fully implemented by the end of next year when the general [read…]
Ignatius Soreng SVD is a Catholic priest from the Society of the Divine Word. He is a tribal from India belonging to the indigenous community of Kharia. He is the director of Sanskruti Kendra – [read…]
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