Ireland is the worst of 57 countries for its carbon emissions. Dr Kevin Hargaden of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice says this is structural sin
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Deep ecological conversion needed in these crisis times
October's Working Notes sounds the alarm about accelerating ecological breakdown and other threats to healthy human existence brought into focus by the pandemic
Read More »Reflecting on integral ecology in Laudato Si’
JCFJ's latest Working Notes is dedicated to integral ecology, the complex relationships and systems that bind humankind to all aspects of God's creation
Read More »Mission possible
The Covid-19 crisis has presented Jesuits and their colleagues with plenty of challenges but the work goes on, often in imaginative ways
Read More »How do we think theologically about general elections?
KEVIN HARGADEN :: Elections are a serious business, even if experience leaves us with reduced expectations
Read More »A time of risks and threats
October's Working Notes takes a look at concrete issues of public policy but views them in terms of the conceptual framework which informs them
Read More »JCFJ critiques disastrous government response to homelessness
Fr Peter McVerry SJ and the JCFJ have expressed their deep criticism of the government's homelessness action plan, Rebuilding Ireland, on its third anniversary
Read More »Climate Action Plan: Will we adapt to climate chaos?
CIARA MURPHY (JCFJ) :: The Government's Climate Action Plan lacks urgency and shows no awareness of the scale of the impending crisis.
Read More »Ireland after the Climate Action Plan: A laggard, a leader, or a middle-manager?
KEITH ADAMS (JCFJ) :: Disappointment after realising that the Government's Climate Action Plan promises more than it delivers.
Read More »The Climate Action Plan theologically considered
KEVIN HARGADEN :: In spite of the initial positive reception, there are good reasons why enthusiasm for the Government's Climate Action Plan has dampened.
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