by jpic | May 30, 2022 | News, Reflexión
“The degradation of nature is closely linked to the culture that models human coexistence.” Laudato Si’ n.10. Every June 5th is celebrated by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) as World Environment Day (UN, 2022), where the leaders of the...
by jpic | May 21, 2022 | News, Reflection
This May 21 is “The Celebration of World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development.” This celebration refers us to the migratory reality as a bearer of cultural diversity. In this writing we will reflect from a biblical, socioeconomic, and...
by jpic | May 8, 2022 | News, Reflection
In May, the celebration of Mother’s Day is combined with the Marian month that we Catholics celebrate. For the past several decades in these lands of Central America, mothers have lived the experience of uprooting that comes from separation from loved ones....
by jpic | May 1, 2022 | News, Reflection
Workers’ Day is a memorial date that directly involves men and women who have been forced to migrate from their lands. Every migrant carries the desire to find shelter, work, and land. When I spoke with Carlos, a Venezuelan migrant who arrived in Panama...
by jpic | Apr 21, 2022 | News
On Good Friday, April 15th, part of the team of the Franciscan Network for Migrants of Honduras mobilized to deliver 150 emergency kits for migrants in the “Jesus is alive” Shelter, belonging to the Parish-Cathedral of Danlí, El Paraíso. This action was...
by jpic | Apr 5, 2022 | News, Reflection
“Humanity has been on the move since the most ancient times. Some people move in search of new economic opportunities and new horizons. Others do so to escape armed conflict, poverty, food insecurity, persecution, terrorism, or human rights violations and abuses....
