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Climate Change & Jesuit Higher Education: Reportback from Loyola Chicago #1

Loyola University Chicago is hosting its second annual Climate Change Conference March 19-21, 2015, at its North Shore Campus in Chicago. The conference is designed to “tend” or pay attention to and serve the needs of Earth at this crucial time in planetary history. It promises to place us squarely in the role of caretaker and explore the implications of "tending earth" through an interdisciplinary reflection on the ethical principles, policies, and actions needed to combat the crisis of global climate change. The conference is co-sponsored by the six Jesuit universities of the upper Midwest, a collaboration that is promising for the future of Jesuit networking in addressing global issues of justice and sustainability.

Jesuit’s America Magazine Joins Diverse Catholic Journalistic Voices In Calling for End to Death Penalty in U.S.

Demonstrating unity across the U.S. Catholic Church, the editors of the Jesuit-sponsored America Magazine have joined fellow editors at National Catholic Register, National Catholic Reporter, and Our Sunday Visitor, in calling for the end of capital punishment in the United States.

Jesuit Conference Joins Faith-Based Call of Justice & Compassion for Incarcerated

WASHINGTON, DC - The Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States joined a faith-based call of justice and compassion for those incarcerated in the U.S. justice system. In a letter to leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary committees, Jesuit Father Timothy Kesicki, president of the Jesuit Conference, and over 20 other institutional leaders representing a range of Christian denominations, asked Congressional leaders in both houses to enact legislation that will "restore equity, end excessive punishments, promote alternative to incarceration, encourage rehabilitation and reintegration, and protect the dignity and well-being of everyone impacted by the system."