Ban invita a sumarse a la campaña de la ONU “Yo estuve aquí”
Ban Ki-moon mencionó la campaña global de este año, “Yo estuve aquí”, que promueve la participación voluntaria en la asistencia humanitaria e instó a más personas a sumarse a ella.
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Pausa por la paz – 2012
“La obediencia a la voz de la tierra, del ser, es para nuestra felicidad futura más importante que las voces y los deseos del momento. …el ser mismo, nuestra tierra, nos habla y nosotros debemos escuchar si queremos sobrevivir y descifrar este mensaje de la tierra.” Papa Benedicto XVI “La Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Desarrollo [...]
Human Rights Day 2011
Human Rights Day 2011 This year thousands of people decided the time had come to claim their rights. They took to the streets and demanded change. Many found their voices using the internet and instant messaging to inform, inspire and mobilize supporters to seek their basic human rights. Social media helped activists organize peaceful protest [...]
VIVAT – Let the People Live
VIVAT was established as an NGO in the year 2000 by the Divine Word Missionaries and the Missionary Sister Servants of the Holy Spirit. In his letter to the SVD and SSpS, Antonio Pernia,SVD said “We anticipate that this will give us the opportunity to witness at what Pope John Paul II has called ‘the new Areopagus’. …
Miner Mario Sepulveda: the miracle survival that marks the time for change
VIVAT International had the opportunity, alongside the Working Group on Mining, to meet with Mario Sepulveda. He was one of the Chilean miners who endured the 69-day ordeal of being trapped underground. Beyond his joking nature, Mario surfaced from the mine as one of the leaders of the group who helped carry the 33 miners to survival through his humor and strong spirituality.
En Dakar: Mi tiempo para “Mouvance”
Para mí, en Dakar, una verdadera mouvance ocurrió, surgida de las profundas entrañas de las personas y de la tierra. Allí, pueden comenzar a buscar, y aún encontrar el camino hacia la unidad y una teología global comenzando con la experiencia concreta de la gente dif- erente y avanzar en lo que habla “Dios”. El FSM y el WFTL habla “Dios”.
Mes Memorable en VIVAT
Ocho Congregaciones se unieron a las dos Congregaciones Fundadoras como miembros permanentes o asociados. Antes, pensaba que VIVAT era una pequeña oficina en Nueva York. Ahora, viendo la información que manejan desde varias partes del mundo, incluyendo su oficina en Ginebra, estoy más conciente de nuestra pertenencia VIVAT en virtud de ser miembros de nuestras Congregaciones.
Religious Voices on Biodiversity
The tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10) was held in Nagoya, Japan from December 18 – 29, 2010. There are many VIVAT members working in Nagoya, so we decided to participate in the COP10, to raise our voices on biodiversity from the religious point of view. [...]
Key draft decisions agreed at UN climate change conference
“This conclusion is important because it gives Parties a key to unlock other outstanding issues under the two tracks of the negotiations on Long-Term Cooperative Action and in the Kyoto Protocol,” said UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Christiana Figueres.
Speak up Stop Discrimination
This year, 2010, we are invited to remember the human rights defenders who act to end discrimination in all its forms. Some of these people, like Gandhi and Nelson Mandela are famous. Others are not well known. They work individually or in groups, in local communities, in national capitals, or even on the international level [...]