by Secretaria | Apr 19, 2023 | News, News, Reflexión, Reflexión
We are privileged to read the testimony of a man originally from Haiti, who, for economic reasons attempted to emigrate from Brazil with his wife and 6-month-old son. (Part 1) I left Brazil for the US in 2016. My family and I set off with great joy, I went with my...
by jpic | Nov 29, 2022 | Reflexión
Saludos Hermanas y Hermanos de la Familia Franciscana, Estoy muy contento de ser parte de la Red Franciscana de Migrantes recién organizada y aunque no puedo estar con ustedes en persona para la Experiencia Franciscana Fronteriza, seré un peregrino espiritual desde...
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 | Mar 21, 2022 | News, Reflexión
“The dove returned at sunset, carrying in its beak a green olive branch. Then Noah realized that the waters had receded from the surface of the earth” Gn 7-8,11 Water is the largest natural resource on Earth, covering approximately 71% of the surface of...
by jpic | Aug 9, 2021 | News, Reflection, Reflexión
Indigenous peoples are “a plural face, of infinite variety and of enormous biological, cultural, and spiritual wealth.” (Pope Francis) In the world there are more than 5,000 indigenous peoples[1] and the vast majority with a fragile guarantee of human...
by jpic | Jul 12, 2021 | News, Reflection, Reflexión
Violence in the territories of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador continues to be the main motivation of a person or a family nucleus to emigrate. Violence has diversified and institutionalized: gang violence, domestic violence, violence against women (femicides) and...
