Kategoria: JPIC

Promoting Social Justice: a Journey with Sharing Youth Centre in Kampala Archdiocese

Data: 23/10/2024

Social justice is not merely an abstract concept but a vital necessity for communities grappling with systemic inequalities and injustices. Within the bustling streets of Kampala, Uganda, Sharing Youth Centre (SYC) stands as a beacon of hope, striving to address the multifaceted challenges faced by the youth in the region.

Peaceful conflict resolution initiatives in the diocese of Mahagi-Nioka (Ituri – D.R. Congo)

Data: 26/07/2024

Handling an issue peacefully, calmly and without the slightest form of violence corresponds to peaceful conflict management. It reflects the various parties’ willingness to deal with a given situation calmly and serenely, without aggression. We are all aware of the feverish insecurity and socio-security disturbances that have prevailed throughout DR Congo, particularly in the province of Ituri.

If you want peace, you need to be familiar with conflict

Data: 10/07/2024

Conflicts are inevitable in any human relationship. They are omnipresent and part of everyday life. We live in a society where the temptation to conflict and the desire for peace are closely related. Since conflict is natural and there is hardly any such thing as a life without conflict, it is crucial to be conscious of conflict in everyday life.

Conflicts: challenges and opportunities for prophetic witness

Data: 04/07/2024

Who among us hasn’t experienced conflict in our communities? We are far from a paradisiacal state of absolute peace. From my experience, the theme of conflict easily provokes a feeling of malaise. It brings us back to the day-to-day realities that we experience. Ignoring conflicts, not wanting to see them, not talking about them, ignoring them or rushing back to a state of apparent tranquillity without managing them constructively are attitudes and habits that we observe, particularly in our religious circles.

Mission and conflict: daily choices to make

Data: 02/07/2024

The expression ‘si vis pacem para bellum’ (If you want peace, prepare for war) comes to my mind whenever I think about ‘peaceful resolution of conflicts’. In fact, living is itself a fight and existing implies will, freedom, and choices. These three essentials battle constantly in a human in existence, being in conflict with himself and his social milieu.