tag:cpn.nd.edu,2005:/newsCatholic Peacebuilding Network | News2024-03-12T13:10:00-04:00tag:cpn.nd.edu,2005:News/1605102024-03-12T13:10:00-04:002024-03-22T08:44:46-04:00The Church of Africa Denounces the Exploitation of Mineral and Natural Resources, Fueling Conflict and Suffering<p>The Symposium of the Episcopal Conference of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) convened a pivotal seminar addressing the theme of “<em>Conflicts in Africa in the Context of the Exploitation of Natural and Mining Resources</em>” from March 8th to 10th, 2024, in Accra, Ghana.</p><p>The Symposium of the Episcopal Conference of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) convened a pivotal seminar addressing the theme of “<em>Conflicts in Africa in the Context of the Exploitation of Natural and Mining Resources</em>” from March 8th to 10th, 2024, in Accra, Ghana. This significant event brought together approximately forty participants, including bishops, priests and lay Catholics, to deliberate upon the critical nexus between natural resource exploitation and conflicts within the African continent.</p>
<p>The meeting was organized by SECAM in collaboration with and with the support of the Vatican's Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Misereor, Catholic Relief Services, Mosaiko Institute for Citizenship, Centre d’Etudes pour l’Action Sociale, Denis Hurley Peace Institute, and the Catholic Peacebuilding Network.</p>
<p><a href="https://secam.org/the-church-of-africa-denounces-the-exploitation-of-mineral-and-natural-resources-fueling-conflict-and-suffering/">To read more, see the SECAM press release</a>.</p>Caesar Montevecchiotag:cpn.nd.edu,2005:News/1580842023-11-16T12:31:00-05:002023-11-16T12:31:07-05:00ACEAC holds planning meeting for regional peacebuilding<p>The Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa (ACEAC) met in Rome for a focused pastoral exchange on the urgent issue of peace in their region.</p><p>The Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa (ACEAC), consisting of Catholic Bishops from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Rwanda, met in Rome (Italy) for a focused pastoral exchange on the urgent issue of peace in their region that is daily plagued by violent conflicts. The three-day gathering (Oct 16-18, 2023) was also intended as a “pilgrimage” taking place at the same time as the Synod on Synodality.</p>
<p>The gathering served as a platform for in-depth discussions on the situation prevailing in the Great Lakes region. Participants revisited the rich history of ACEAC and conducted a thorough analysis of its strengths and weaknesses.</p>
<p>The Catholic Peacebuilding Network co-sponsored the meeting.</p>
<p><a href="https://paxchristi.net/2023/10/22/aceac-bishops-renew-commitment-to-alternative-paths-to-peace-in-their-region/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aceac-bishops-renew-commitment-to-alternative-paths-to-peace-in-their-region">See the full report from Pax Christi International</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://paxchristi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Message-des-Eveques-de-lACEAC-Concertation-a-Rome-sur-la-paix.pdf">See ACEAC's concluding statement from the meeting (in French)</a>.</p>Caesar Montevecchiotag:cpn.nd.edu,2005:News/1571932023-10-12T11:32:00-04:002023-10-12T11:32:02-04:00Cardinal Onaiyekan on the quest for peace in Nigeria<p>During a recent visit to Notre Dame, Cardinal John Onaiyekan was interviewed about his peacebuilding work by OSV News.</p><p>On October 3, Cardinal John Onaiyekan from Nigeria visited the Catholic Peacebuilding Network at the University of Notre Dame to deliver a talk, "<a href="https://kroc.nd.edu/news-events/events/2023/10/03/the-catholic-church-as-peacebuilder-in-africa/">The Catholic Church as Peacebuilder in Africa</a>." The event was co-sponsored by Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, the Keough School of Global Affairs, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion.</p>
<p>During his visit, Cardinal Onaiyekan was <a href="https://www.oursundayvisitor.com/cardinal-onaiyekan-on-the-quest-for-peace-in-nigeria/">interviewed by OSV News</a>. When asked about what OSV's American readers should know about Nigeria, he told Fr. Patrick Briscoe: "It’s important for Americans to understand that Nigeria, like many African nations, is rich in natural and human resources but faces challenges due to poor governance and leadership. I would urge Americans to pay attention to the issues affecting countries like Nigeria and to use their influence to encourage good governance and leadership. It’s crucial to support leaders who prioritize the well-being of their people over personal gain. Africa, with its hardworking and brilliant population, can emerge from its challenges with the right leadership. By advocating for justice, love, and peace, both within and beyond our borders, we can work towards a better future for all."</p>Caesar Montevecchiotag:cpn.nd.edu,2005:News/1554572023-08-31T12:07:45-04:002023-09-12T09:24:13-04:00Pilgrimage of Peace to Hiroshima<p> </p>
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<p>Archbishops Wester and Etienne visit Hiroshima with Archbishop Takami and Bishop Shirahama to commemorate 78th anniversary of the atomic bomb.</p>
<p> </p><figure class="image-right"><img src="https://cpn.nd.edu/assets/529785/japan_bishops_signing_partnership.jpeg" alt="Japan Bishops Signing Partnership" width="600" height="450"></figure>
<p>From August 2-9, Archisbop John Wester or Santa Fe, NM, and Archbishop Paul Etienne of Seattle participated in a peace pilgrimage to Hiroshima, Japan, to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb. The pilgrimage included Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Mitsuaki Takami of Nagasaki and Bishop Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama of Hiroshima. The visit included an interfaith prayer service and a special ceremony at Hiroshima's peace memorial. The four bishops issued a joint statement urging nuclear disarmament and pledging continued partnership to advance that goal.</p>
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<p>The <a href="https://archseattle.org/about-the-archdiocese-of-seattle/archbishop-etienne/pilgrimage-of-peace/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pilgrimage website</a> contains public addresses by Archbishops Wester and Etienne.</p>
<p>See also <a href="https://www.ncronline.org/news/japan-anniversary-atomic-bombings-us-archbishops-urge-nuclear-disarmament" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a report on the pilgrimage</a> from OSV News.</p>
<p><a href="https://cpn.nd.edu/assets/529787/partnership_for_a_world_without_nuclear_weapons_min_1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joint statement</a> from Archisbop Wester, Archbishop Etienne, Archbishop Takami, and Bishop Shirahama.<br><br></p>
<p> </p>Caesar Montevecchiotag:cpn.nd.edu,2005:News/1546462023-07-18T13:34:00-04:002023-09-25T12:40:51-04:00Symposium Publication from Catholic Peacebuilding in Times of Crisis<p>Four essys from CPN's June 2022 conference published in <em>The Journal of Moral Theology</em></p>
<p> </p><p>In June 2022, with 28 partners, CPN hosted the international virtual conference <a href="https://cpn.nd.edu/news-events/events/2022/06/29/catholic-peacebuilding-in-times-of-crisis-hope-for-a-wounded-world/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Catholic Peacebuilding in Times of Crisis: Hope for a Wounded World</em></a>. Now, <em>The Journal of Moral Theology</em> has published <a href="https://jmt.scholasticahq.com/issue/8144" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a symposium of essays</a> developed from sessions at the conference. The essays are authored by: Maka Black Elk, Red Cloud Indian School; Cecelia Suárez Trueba and Isabel Aguila Umaña, Catholic Relief Services; Emmanuel Ntakarutimana, O.P., Conference of Catholic Bishops of Burundi; and Eduardo Gutiérrez González, Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford.</p>
<p> </p>Caesar Montevecchiotag:cpn.nd.edu,2005:News/1541912023-06-22T11:11:00-04:002023-09-25T12:42:08-04:00Launch of Women Religious Project<p>A lecture to mark the launch of the Women Religious Project at the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice, Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University.</p><p>"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzoRPf_WWvU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Women religious and the Northern Irish Troubles</a>" was a lecture given May 8 by Briege Rafferty and Dianne Kirby celebrating the launch of the <a href="https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/research/las-casas-institute-for-social-justice/research-interests/women-religious-project/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Women Religious Project</a> at the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice, Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, an affiliate member of CPN. The Women Religious Project is writing a history of women religious in conflict zones and creating a dedicated archive preserving these important life stories. It is run by scholars brought together by a concern that the important work of women religious in conflict zones around the world is largely disregarded in mainstream histories and accounts of peacebuilding. Such neglect has serious consequences in terms of the accuracy of the historical record and a full understanding of conflict resolution.<br><br>Contact <a href="mailto:maria.power@bfriars.ox.ac.uk?subject=Women%20Religious%20Project" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maria Power</a> to contribute stories or information for the Women Religious Project archive.</p>
<p><iframe width="640" height="360" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dzoRPf_WWvU?rel=0"></iframe></p>Caesar Montevecchiotag:cpn.nd.edu,2005:News/1540922023-06-16T08:13:00-04:002023-06-16T08:14:07-04:00Preparing the Future: A Program in Service to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development<figure class="image-right"><img alt="Screenshot 2023 06 16 At 8" height="436" src="https://cpn.nd.edu/assets/519870/screenshot_2023_06_16_at_8.07.12_am.png" width="600" /></figure>
<p>The Preparing the Future Program has provided an opportunity for three recent graduates to contribute to the work of the Holy See’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the Holy See’s COVID-19 Commission.</p><p>The Preparing the Future Program has provided an opportunity for three recent graduates – Melinda Davis (Notre Dame ’19), Harriet Fink (Notre Dame ’19), and Jordan Glassman (St. Louis U. ’20) – to contribute to the work of the Holy See’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the Holy See’s Covid-19 Commission.</p>
<p>The program was sponsored by Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies of the Keough School of Global Affairs and Notre Dame's Rome Global Gateway, in collaboration with the Holy See Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities (FADICA), and the Catholic Peacebuilding Network. Generous support was provided by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and the GHR Foundation.</p>
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<p> </p>Caesar Montevecchiotag:cpn.nd.edu,2005:News/1534942023-05-19T16:12:00-04:002023-05-19T16:12:21-04:00Notre Dame, Yale partnership yields high stakes policy brief on sustainable peacebuilding strategies<p style="margin-bottom:16px; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><em style="font-style:italic">Report coincides with President Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland this week, marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement</em></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:16px; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">A new</span></span><a href="https://jackson.yale.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/MN111062-policy-brief-jackson_FINALtoPOST.pdf"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> </span></span><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">policy brief</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">, released April 11 by the </span></span><a href="http://kroc.nd.edu"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies</span></span></span></span></a>…</p><p style="margin-bottom:16px; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><em style="font-style:italic">Report coincides with President Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland this week, marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement</em></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:16px; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">A new</span></span><a href="https://jackson.yale.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/MN111062-policy-brief-jackson_FINALtoPOST.pdf"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> </span></span><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">policy brief</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">, released April 11 by the </span></span><a href="http://kroc.nd.edu"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> at the University of Notre Dame and Yale University’s </span></span><a href="https://jackson.yale.edu/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Jackson School of Global Affairs</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">, offers insight on how sustainable peacebuilding can be practiced. </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:16px; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Drawing on case studies from civil wars, such as those in Colombia, Central African Republic, Guatemala, and Northern Ireland, the brief was written by a team of scholars, practitioners and policy-makers and edited by Josefina Echavarría of the University of Notre Dame and Catherine Panter-Brick and Bisa Williams from Yale University. The policy brief builds on conversations generated during the </span></span><a href="https://jackson.yale.edu/jackson-events/strategies-for-sustainable-peacebuilding-implementation-and-policy/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Colloquium on Strategies for Sustainable Peacebuilding: Implementation and Policy</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">, an event held last November that attracted a diverse pool of attendees with wide-ranging experience as academics and practitioners</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:16px; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">“This brief crystallizes new ideas in the field of peacebuilding – such as ways to support the meaningful inclusivity, legitimacy, and sustainability of peace agreements,” said</span></span><a href="https://jackson.yale.edu/person/catherine-panter-brick/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"> Panter-Brick</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">, the Bruce A. and Davi-Ellen Chabner Professor of Anthropology, Health and Global Affairs at Yale University.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:16px; margin-top:16px"><a href="https://kroc.nd.edu/faculty-and-staff/josefina-echavarria-alvarez/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Echavarría Alvarez</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">, who convened last year’s colloquium, is an associate professor of the practice at Notre Dame and director of the Kroc Institute’s </span></span><a href="https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/barometer"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Peace Accords Matrix</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:16px; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">“Peace agreements represent the beginning—not the end—of a reform and reconciliation process that must be inclusive and participatory throughout its duration,” she said.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:16px; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">“Evidence shows that public buy-in of an agreement by a range of stakeholders, including those of local communities directly affected by violence and armed groups, leads to better outcomes.”</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:16px; margin-top:16px"><a href="https://jackson.yale.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/MN111062-policy-brief-jackson_FINALtoPOST.pdf"><strong style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Read the policy brief</span></span></span></strong></a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:16px; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">The timing of the policy brief’s release complemented President Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland this week, marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement that ended decades of violence of the Troubles, an ethno-nationalist conflict that began in the late 1960s.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:16px; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">In another nod to the anniversary, the Kroc Institute and the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies will co-host an in-person roundtable on the Good Friday Agreement on April 14 at 3:30 p.m./EDT at the University of Notre Dame. Echavarría will join panelists from Oxford University to discuss peace processes and treaties in a comparative framework. More information can be found </span></span><a href="https://kroc.nd.edu/news-events/events/2023/04/14/roundtable-on-the-good-friday-agreement/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">here</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">. </span></span></p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Kate Chester</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://kroc.nd.edu/news-events/news/notre-dame-yale-partnership-yields-high-stakes-policy-brief-on-sustainable-peacebuilding-strategies/">kroc.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">April 13, 2023</span>.</p>Kate Chestertag:cpn.nd.edu,2005:News/1534932023-05-19T16:10:00-04:002023-05-19T16:10:03-04:00Kroc Institute releases special report on implementation status of gender approach within Colombian Peace Agreement<p><a href="#Espa%C3%B1ol"><strong>Haga clic aquí para leer la noticia en Español >>></strong></a></p>
<p>The <a href="https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Peace Accords Matrix</span></span></a> (PAM) at the University of Notre Dame’s <a href="https://kroc.nd.edu/"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies</span></span></a> has released a <a href="https://doi.org/10.7274/ff365428x38"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">new special report</span></span></a>…</p><p><a href="#Espa%C3%B1ol"><strong>Haga clic aquí para leer la noticia en Español >>></strong></a></p>
<p>The <a href="https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Peace Accords Matrix</span></span></a> (PAM) at the University of Notre Dame’s <a href="https://kroc.nd.edu/"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies</span></span></a> has released a <a href="https://doi.org/10.7274/ff365428x38"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">new special report</span></span></a> outlining the current implementation status of the gender approach within the 2016 Colombian Peace Accord. The implementation of the gender approach has been fundamental to guaranteeing the protection and promotion of the rights of women and LGBTQ+ people. However, this process has been fraught with obstacles due to limited institutional understanding, capacity and ownership of implementing the gender approach while integrating territorial and intersectional perspectives. Furthermore, significant structural and social changes are involved in this process, which also makes its implementation challenging.</p>
<p>The Kroc Institute’s fourth special report, “<a href="https://doi.org/10.7274/ff365428x38"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Time is Running Out to Implement the Gender Approach in Colombia’s Peace Accord</span></span></a>,” covers implementation of the gender approach from December 2021 through November 2022. The report analyzes implementation in four thematic areas: Rural Transformation, Participation Guarantees and Final Accord Implementation Mechanisms, Security Guarantees and Reincorporation, and Victims' Rights.</p>
<p>During this period, the Kroc Institute found that the implementation of gender commitments in the Colombian Peace Accord continues to lag behind general commitment implementation due to limited institutional ownership of the gender approach, and the fact that institutional programs, plans, actions, and mandates inadequately consider women and LGBTIQ+ people, particularly in rural areas and with an intersectional perspective.</p>
<p>The Kroc Institute has identified 130 stipulations in the Peace Agreement that are used to monitor the gender approach. Since the last reporting period, there was a mere 2% change in non-initiated gender commitments. Completed gender commitments stayed steady at 12% for the entire year, and more than 50% of gender commitments remain at a minimum level of implementation.</p>
<p>The implementation of the gender approach faces many obstacles. Unlike other areas of the Peace Agreement, implementation of the gender approach is in need of clear leadership for the effort, as well as adequate funding. Though the High-Level Government Body for the Implementation of the Gender-based Approach was created with this purpose – and charged with coordinating, promoting and monitoring the implementation, and mainstreaming of the gender perspective – the group has not held a formal meeting since July 2022. </p>
<p>The report also outlined how the lack of implementation has hindered communication and implementation between the two transversal approaches of the peace accord. Gender and ethnic concerns must be approached in an intersectional way that considers specific measures for indigenous and afro-descendent women. A more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between gender and ethnic-racial identity, and their combined effect on the discrimination and violence faced by indigenous, Afro-Colombian, Black, Raizal, Palenqueras and Roma women, needs to be addressed in both ethnic and gender implementation to be effective.</p>
<p>This lack of progress in gender commitments, in the past reporting period and in the six years since the signing of the accord, reduces the likelihood of successful gender implementation within the 15-year timeline in the framework plan for implementation. Based on the projection of this data, the accord’s gender approach will not reach full, or even intermediate implementation, without reinvigorated planning and concerted mainstreaming efforts.</p>
<p>A translated version of the special report will be made available in English in May 2023. Additionally, the Kroc Institute has provided a <a href="https://doi.org/10.7274/mc87pn92w3c"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">policy brief</span></span></a>, in English, highlighting key points of the special report. </p>
<p>The Kroc Institute will release its seventh comprehensive report on overall peace accord implementation in Colombia in June 2023. </p>
<p>The <a href="https://kroc.nd.edu/"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies</span></span></a>is part of the <a href="https://keough.nd.edu/"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Keough School of Global Affairs</span></span></a> at the University of Notre Dame and is one of the leading peace research and study centers in the world. One of its main programs is the <a href="https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Peace Accords Matrix</span></span></a>(PAM), which created the most comprehensive database regarding the implementation of 34 peace agreements around the world.</p>
<p>By mandate of the government of Colombia and the former FARC-EP, signatory parties of the Final Agreement to End the Armed Conflict and Build a Stable and Lasting Peace, the Kroc Institute is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the agreement. The Kroc Institute has released six prior reports on the status of overall implementation, as well as three reports on implementation of gender provisions and two reports on implementation of ethnic provisions. Review all reports here: <a href="https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/barometer/colombia-reports."><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/barometer/colombia-reports.</span></span></a></p>
<p>The main partners of the Kroc Institute in Colombia are the National Secretariat of Pastoral Social Cáritas Colombiana and the National Network of Regional Peace and Development Programs.</p>
<p><a href="https://doi.org/10.7274/mc87pn92w3c"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Access the policy brief in English here</span></span></a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://doi.org/10.7274/ff365428x38"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Access the full report in Spanish here.</span></span></a></p>
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<p><strong><a id="Español" name="Espa%C3%B1ol"></a><a name="Espa%C3%B1ol">El Instituto Kroc lanza un informe especial sobre el estado de implementación del enfoque de género del Acuerdo de Paz en Colombia</a></strong></p>
<p><a name="Espa%C3%B1ol">La </a><a href="https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Matriz de los Acuerdos de Paz</span></span></a> (PAM, por sus siglas en inglés) del <a href="https://kroc.nd.edu/"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Instituto Kroc de Estudios Internacionales de Paz</span></span></a> de la Universidad de Notre Dame ha publicado un <a href="https://doi.org/10.7274/ff365428x38"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">nuevo informe especial</span></span></a> sobre el estado actual de la implementación del enfoque de género en el Acuerdo de Paz colombiano de 2016. La implementación del enfoque de género ha sido fundamental para promover la protección y garantía de los derechos de las mujeres y las personas LGBTIQ+. Sin embargo, este proceso ha enfrentado diversos obstáculos debido a la limitada comprensión , capacidad y apropiación institucional de la implementación del enfoque de género, y a los retos de integrar al mismo tiempo perspectivas territoriales e interseccionales. Además, este proceso implica cambios estructurales y sociales significativos, lo que también dificulta su implementación.</p>
<p>El cuarto informe especial del Instituto Kroc, "<a href="https://doi.org/10.7274/ff365428x38"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">El tiempo se agota para la implementación del enfoque de género: avances, retos y oportunidades a seis años de la firma del Acuerdo Final</span></span></a>", cubre la implementación del enfoque de género desde diciembre de 2021 hasta noviembre de 2022.En él se analiza la implementación a partir de cuatro ejes temáticos: Transformación rural, Garantías para la participación y mecanismos de implementación del Acuerdo Final, Garantías de seguridad y reincorporación y Derechos de las víctimas.</p>
<p>Durante este período, el Instituto Kroc encontró que la implementación de los compromisos de género en el Acuerdo de Paz colombiano continúa rezagada con respecto a la implementación general debido a la limitada apropiación institucional del enfoque de género y al hecho de que los programas, planes, acciones y mandatos institucionales consideran inadecuadamente el enfoque de género, especialmente en las zonas rurales y con una perspectiva interseccional.</p>
<p>De conformidad con el proceso de documentación y análisis realizado por el Instituto Kroc, el estado efectivo de los compromisos en materia de género demuestra que a noviembre de 2022, el 18% de las disposiciones no había iniciado su implementación, el 52% se encontraba en estado mínimo, el 18% en estado intermedio y sólo el 12% había sido completado. Los niveles de implementación del enfoque de género demuestran que existen serios retos para llevar su implementación a una fase de viabilidad que permita que los compromisos logren completarse dentro de los 15 años previstos por el Acuerdo Final. Asimismo, este análisis evidencia que las brechas de implementación son menores en las disposiciones sin iniciar y en estado intermedio, pero persiste de forma significativa en las disposiciones en estado mínimo y completo de implementación.</p>
<p>La implementación del enfoque de género enfrenta varios obstáculos. Uno de ellos es la comunicación y la integración entre los dos enfoques transversales del Acuerdo Final. De acuerdo con el Informe, los enfoques de género y étnico deben abordarse de manera interseccional considerando medidas específicas para las mujeres indígenas y afrodescendientes. En este sentido, se debe abordar de manera más integral la relación entre la identidad de género y étnico-racial, y su impacto en la discriminación y violencia que enfrentan las mujeres indígenas, afrocolombianas, negras, raizales, palenqueras y rrom, tanto en la implementación del enfoque étnico como en el de género.</p>
<p>Una versión traducida a inglés del informe especial estará disponible en mayo de 2023. Además, el Instituto Kroc publicó un <a href="http://doi.org/10.7274/mc87pn92w3c">policy brief</a>, en inglés, que destaca los puntos clave del informe especial.</p>
<p>El Instituto Kroc publicará su séptimo informe comprensivo sobre la implementación del Acuerdo de Paz en Colombia en junio de 2023.</p>
<p>El <a href="https://kroc.nd.edu/"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Instituto Kroc de Estudios Internacionales de Paz</span></span></a> hace parte de la <a href="https://keough.nd.edu/"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Escuela Keough</span></span></a> <a href="https://keough.nd.edu/"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">de Asuntos Globales</span></span></a> de la Universidad de Notre Dame (EEUU) y es uno de los centros de</p>
<p>investigación y de estudios en construcción de paz líderes en el mundo. Uno de sus proyectos principales es la <a href="https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Matriz de Acuerdos de Paz</span></span></a> (PAM, por sus siglas en inglés), lo que creó la base de datos más comprensiva sobre la implementación de 34 acuerdos de paz negociados en todo el mundo.</p>
<p>Por mandato del Gobierno de Colombia y de las antiguas FARC-EP, partes signatarias del Acuerdo Final para la Terminación del Conflicto Armado y la Construcción de una Paz Estable y Duradera, el Instituto Kroc es responsable de monitorear su implementación. El Instituto Kroc ha publicado seis informes previos sobre el estado de la implementación general, así como tres informes sobre la implementación del enfoque de género y dos informes sobre la implementación del enfoque étnico. Los informes están disponibles para su consulta aquí: <a href="https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/barometer/colombia-reports."><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/barometer/colombia-reports</span></span></a>.</p>
<p>Los principales aliados del Instituto Kroc en Colombia son el Secretariado Nacional de Pastoral Social Cáritas Colombiana y la Red Nacional de Programas Regionales de Paz y Desarrollo (Redprodepaz).</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://doi.org/10.7274/mc87pn92w3c"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Acceda al policy brief completo en inglés aquí.</span></span></a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://doi.org/10.7274/ff365428x38"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Acceda al informe completo en español aquí</span></span></a></strong></p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Jena O'Brien</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://kroc.nd.edu/news-events/news/kroc-institute-releases-special-report-on-implementation-status-of-gender-approach-within-colombian-peace-agreement/">kroc.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">April 26, 2023</span>.</p>Jena O'Brientag:cpn.nd.edu,2005:News/1465982022-07-07T09:18:06-04:002023-09-28T10:16:48-04:00Catholic peace-building conference explores ways to bring hope to 'a wounded world'<p><a href="https://www.ncronline.org/news/catholic-peace-building-conference-explores-ways-bring-hope-wounded-world" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Catholic Reporter article on CPN's international virtual conference</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ncronline.org/news/catholic-peace-building-conference-explores-ways-bring-hope-wounded-world" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Catholic peace-building conference explores ways to bring hope to 'a wounded world''</a></p>
<p>By Katie Collins Scott</p>
<p>National Catholic Reporter, July 5, 2022</p>Caesar Montevecchiotag:cpn.nd.edu,2005:News/1434452022-02-16T09:00:00-05:002023-09-28T10:17:35-04:00Catholic Peacebuilding and Mining featured in Peace Policy<p><em>Catholic Peacebuilding and Mining: Integral Peace, Development, and Ecology</em> featured in the latest issue of the Kroc Institute's <em><a href="https://curate.nd.edu/show/8w32r49810z" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Peace Policy</a> </em>series and an accompanying episode of the <a href="https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-gmfeb-58705a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kroc Cast: Peace Studies Conversations</a>.</p><p>In the February issue of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies' <a href="https://curate.nd.edu/show/8w32r49810z" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Peace Policy </em>series</a>, three contributors from CPN's new book, <a href="https://www.routledge.com/Catholic-Peacebuilding-and-Mining-Peacebuilding-Development-and-Ecology/Montevecchio-Powers/p/book/9780367545086" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Catholic Peacebuilding and Mining: Integral Peace, Development, and Ecology</em></a>, are featured. The issue includes an article by editor and CPN assistant director <strong>Caesar A. Montevecchio</strong>, as well as edited versions of chapters from <strong>Katherine Marshall</strong>, on the role of religious actors in debates around mining, development, and peace, and <strong>Rigobert Minani, SJ</strong>, on mining, peacebuilding, and the Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.</p>
<p>In addition, the Kroc Institute's Kroc Cast: Peace Studies Conversations podcast series published <a href="https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-gmfeb-58705a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an accompanying episode</a> featuring a conversation between Montevecchio, Marshall, Minani, and <em>Peace Policy</em> editor David Cortright.</p>
<p><iframe width="100%" height="150" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?from=embed&i=6tgr6-11a9c33-pb&share=1&download=1&skin=f6f6f6&btn-skin=8bbb4e&size=150" title="Peace Policy Spotlight: Catholic Peacebuilding and Mining"></iframe></p>Caesar Montevecchiotag:cpn.nd.edu,2005:News/1430662022-01-31T10:00:00-05:002023-09-28T10:27:12-04:00New book explores the role of Catholic peacebuilders in addressing global mining issues<p>From cellphones to computers to life-saving medical technologies, the day-to-day lives of people across the globe are intertwined with materials produced by the global mining industry. A new book by the<a href="https://cpn.nd.edu/"> Catholic Peacebuilding Network (CPN)</a> makes the case that the Catholic community can make a distinctive contribution by addressing mining issues through the lens of peacebuilding. <span style="background: white;">Considerable work has been done on mining and development ethics, environmental ethics and corporate social responsibility, but little has been done to integrate this work, relate it to the practices of the Catholic community in conflict zones, and consider it from a Catholic peacebuilding perspective.</span>…</p><p>From cellphones to computers to life-saving medical technologies, the day-to-day lives of people across the globe are intertwined with materials produced by the global mining industry. A new book by the<a href="https://cpn.nd.edu/"> Catholic Peacebuilding Network (CPN)</a> makes the case that the Catholic community can make a distinctive contribution by addressing mining issues through the lens of peacebuilding. <span style="background: white;">Considerable work has been done on mining and development ethics, environmental ethics and corporate social responsibility, but little has been done to integrate this work, relate it to the practices of the Catholic community in conflict zones, and consider it from a Catholic peacebuilding perspective. </span> </p>
<p>The book, <a href="https://www.routledge.com/Catholic-Peacebuilding-and-Mining-Peacebuilding-Development-and-Ecology/Montevecchio-Powers/p/book/9780367545086"><em>Catholic Peacebuilding and Mining: Integral Peace, Development, and Ecology</em> (Routledge)</a>, is co-edited by <a href="https://kroc.nd.edu/faculty-and-staff/caesar-a-montevecchio/">Caesar Montevecchio</a>, CPN assistant director, and <a href="https://kroc.nd.edu/faculty-and-staff/gerard-f-powers/">Gerard Powers</a>, director of Catholic peacebuilding studies and CPN coordinator, and grows out of a series of conversations convened by CPN in response to concerns from CPN partners around the world about the ways mining is driving conflict in their local contexts. </p>
<p>“Most people are passingly aware of conflict mineral issues, the literal fighting over control of resources and the ways that mining can be used to fund militants and insurgents,” said Montevecchio. “But that’s really only one piece of the issue. Mining touches issues of Indigenous rights, land ownership, pollution and environmental degradation and international development.” </p>
<p>Montevecchio also notes that a Catholic peacebuilding perspective on mining is relevant because the Church is one of the few institutions in the world that has the kind of vertical and horizontal reach that can parallel and match what the mining industry has. The challenge, as he and Powers spell out in the book’s introduction, is to translate “the capacity for an integrated approach into actual collaboration among diverse church actors at different levels.” </p>
<p>The book includes chapters that approach the question of mining and peacebuilding from perspectives including Catholic social teaching, development theory, economics, corporate social responsibility and theology. It also contains case studies of mining, its impact and grassroots responses to it in contexts including Colombia, El Salvador, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Philippines and Peru. </p>
<p>In his chapter in the book, Cardinal Peter K.A. Turkson, former prefect of the Holy See’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, looks at the relationship between mining and peacebuilding through the lens of Christian scripture, using the Bible to establish a moral foundation for assessing mining and the mining industry. </p>
<p>“The symbolic use of precious metal in the Scriptures ascribes to the metal a character and a value which transcend its earthly value and usage, namely, as mere source and instrument of wealth,” writes Turkson. “Can the industry that seeks with such skills and dexterity to possess these precious metals be guided by some other objective and vision, besides that of possession or having wealth on earth?”</p>
<p><a href="https://pulte.nd.edu/people/faculty-staff/ray-offenheiser/">Ray Offenheiser</a>, the William J. Pulte Director of Notre Dame’s <a href="https://pulte.nd.edu/">Pulte Institute for Global Development</a>, writes on the need for mining companies to move from operating with impunity to negotiating and receiving consent from local communities. Offenheiser has<span style="background: white;"> played a major role in addressing issues at the intersection of mining and development, including serving as president of Oxfam America for more than 20 years. </span> </p>
<p>“Mining companies now realize that achieving a sustainable social license to operate is critical and will require a far greater commitment to engaging a wide range of local and global stakeholders, and is far more involved than a vague one-off exercise at the start of a project,” said Offenheiser. “It will involve a serious commitment to building trust and a shared sense of purpose with local communities about the long-term well-being and prosperity of a region. Companies with an eye toward investing over a 30-to-50-year period must recognize that they have to move beyond being a traditional ‘extractive industry’ toward becoming a reliable ‘development partner.’” </p>
<p>Father Rigobert Minani, S.J., head of research for the Peace, Human Rights, Democracy and Good Governance Department at the Centre d’Etude Pour l’Action Sociale in the DRC and team leader for the Ecclesial Network of the Congo Basin Forest, explores the particular role of the church in addressing conflicts arising from mining in the DRC. The DRC is one of the world’s largest sources of cobalt and coltan, two minerals in high demand in Silicon Valley. </p>
<p>“Minerals are the fuel of war in the DRC today, and good [resource] management could favor peacebuilding in the DRC,” said Father Minani, who also noted that the Catholic Church in the DRC has created a special episcopal commission to monitor the governance of natural resources and educate local communities on the intersection of mining and peacebuilding. </p>
<p>Another chapter focuses on the Catholic approach to extractives in Colombia. Sandra Polanía-Reyes, associate professor of economics at the University of Navarra in Spain, and Monseñor Héctor Fabio Henao, director of Caritas Colombia, address mining in the context of a resource-rich country where mining is seen by some as the best way to deliver a peace dividend after decades of conflict.</p>
<p>“Unless human rights are promoted and protected as they should, and there is a transparent agreement on how extractives should be managed, the peace process implementation won’t succeed,” said Polanía-Reyes. </p>
<p>In Colombia, the Catholic Church has accompanied those most impacted by ongoing conflicts, including ex-combatants, internally displaced people, immigrants from Venezuela and lower-income communities. Polanía-Reyes notes that this accompaniment has made it possible to “gather micro-level data that allows policymakers, advocates and academics to present the challenges as they truly are and propose effective solutions” that will hopefully be relevant in contexts beyond Colombia as well. </p>
<p>Overall, CPN hopes that this book will add visibility to the ways mining, and the consumer behaviors that drive it, is fueling conflict around the world and empower people to take action in their own contexts. The editors also hope to illustrate pathways the Church can support to better foster responses that integrate the many different dynamics at play across this issue. </p>
<p>Laurie Johnston<strong>, </strong>associate professor of theology and religious studies at Emmanuel College in Boston, wrote the book’s conclusion and hopes that a careful reading of it will help people to see the way this issue is not only global, but personal. </p>
<p>“I’m talking to you right now on a phone that probably contains coltan from Congo, possibly mined by children,” said Johnston. “We all have intimate connections with this injustice. Laudato Si’ is helping us realize that we can’t tackle climate change in isolation from human rights, and you can’t address war and work for peace without attending to environmental factors. We need an ecological just peace.” </p>
<p>The Secretariat of CPN is housed at the University of Notre Dame’s <a href="https://kroc.nd.edu/">Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies</a>, part of the <a href="https://keough.nd.edu/">Keough School of Global Affairs</a>.</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Hannah Heinzekehr</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://kroc.nd.edu/news-events/news/new-book-explores-the-role-of-catholic-peacebuilders-in-addressing-global-mining-issues/">kroc.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">January 31, 2022</span>.</p>Hannah Heinzekehrtag:cpn.nd.edu,2005:News/1427492022-01-19T12:00:00-05:002023-09-28T10:24:29-04:00Pastoral Letter on Nuclear Disarmament<p><a href="https://archdiosf.org/documents/2022/1/220111_ABW_Pastoral_Letter_LivingintheLightofChristsPeace_Official_Reduced.pdf">New pastoral letter</a> on Nuclear Disarmament by Most Reverend John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico.</p><p>In January of 2022, Most Reverend John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, released a new pastoral letter on nuclear disarmament: "We need to sustain a serious conversation in New Mexico and across the nation about universal, verifiable nuclear disarmament. We can no longer deny or ignore the dangerous predicament we have created for ourselves with a new nuclear arms race, one that is arguably more dangerous than the past Cold War."</p>
<p>The Archdiocese of Santa Fe has <a href="https://archdiosf.org/living-in-the-light-of-christs-peace">a special webpage</a> dedicated to the pastoral letter that includes the full text, including Spanish, Korean, and Japanese translations, as well as other related news and resources.</p>
<p><iframe width="560" height="314" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kHS2C1wIBeQ" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>Veronica Vostag:cpn.nd.edu,2005:News/1408392021-10-12T12:00:00-04:002023-09-28T11:07:40-04:00Podcast: A Conversation with Nickolas Roth of the Stimson Center<p>A new episode <em>The Kroc Cast: Peace Studies Conversation </em>featuring a conversation with PhD student Sean Raming and Nickolas Roth, director of the Stimson Center’s Nuclear Security Program and International Nuclear Security Forum.</p>
<p><iframe width="100%" height="150" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=745du-1100fe9-pb&from=embed&share=1&download=1&skin=f6f6f6&btn-skin=8bbb4e&size=150" title="A Conversation with Nickolas Roth of the Stimson Center"></iframe></p><h3><a href="https://thekroccast.podbean.com/e/a-conversation-with-nickolas-roth-of-the-stimson-center/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to A Conversation with Nickolas Roth of the Stimson Center">A Conversation with Nickolas Roth of the Stimson Center</a></h3>
<p>October 12, 2021</p>
<p>Sean Raming, current Kroc Institute Ph.D. in Peace Studies and History, talks with Nickolas Roth, director of the Stimson Center’s Nuclear Security Program and International Nuclear Security Forum, about current conversations about nuclear weapons, deterrence, disarmament, and arms control.</p>
<p>This episode was co-sponsored by the Catholic Peacebuilding Network and is part of their efforts as part of the <a href="https://cpn.nd.edu/nuclear-disarmament">Project on Revitalizing Catholic Engagement on Nuclear Disarmament</a>.</p>
<p><iframe width="100%" height="150" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=745du-1100fe9-pb&from=embed&share=1&download=1&skin=f6f6f6&btn-skin=8bbb4e&size=150" title="A Conversation with Nickolas Roth of the Stimson Center"></iframe></p>Caesar Montevecchiotag:cpn.nd.edu,2005:News/1387292021-07-08T08:10:00-04:002023-09-28T11:08:59-04:00SSCC Statement on 10th Anniversary of Independence<p>Statement from the South Sudan Council of Churches marking the tenth anniversary of the nation's independence.</p>
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<p>[C]onflicts have rendered our first ten years of independence 'a wasted decade.'</p>
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<p> </p><p>The South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) has released a statement marking the tenth anniversary of the nation's independence. The statement laments the "wasted decade," and the way ongoing conflicts have disrupted peace and socio-economic development. The statement points to the 2018 Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) and the dialogues between non-signatories of the R-ARCSS and the transitional government, facilitated by Sant'Egidio, as the country's best hope, and pledges continued dedication of the SSCC to peacebuilding and reconciliation. </p>
<p><a href="https://cpn.nd.edu/assets/434523/sscc_tenth_annniversary_of_independence.pdf">SSCC Tenth Anniversary Of Independence</a></p>Caesar Montevecchiotag:cpn.nd.edu,2005:News/1386972021-07-06T12:00:00-04:002023-09-28T11:10:56-04:00Untangling Renewable Energy from Extractivist Development<p>CPN's Caesar A. Montevecchio in the Keough School of Global Affairs' <a href="https://keough.nd.edu/untangling-renewable-energy-from-extractivist-development-dd/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Dignity and Development</em> blog series</a>.</p><p>Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs' <em>Dignity and Development </em>blog series published an entry from CPN's Caesar A. Montevecchio on June 16. In "<a href="https://keough.nd.edu/untangling-renewable-energy-from-extractivist-development-dd/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Untangling Renewable Energy from Extractivist Development</a>," Montevecchio reflects on the challenges posed by the reality that the transition to renewable energy requires mining that is frequently implicated in environmental destruction, human rights violations, and social and economic inquities connected to extractivist models of development.</p>Caesar Montevecchiotag:cpn.nd.edu,2005:News/1361562021-03-18T08:00:00-04:002023-09-28T11:19:20-04:00Webinar Series in Observance of World Water Day<p>The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development is hosting <a href="https://www.humandevelopment.va/en/news/2021/five-public-conversations-inspired-by-aqua-fons-vitae.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a series of five webinars starting March 22</a> in observance of World Water Day.</p><p>Last year, the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development published the report <em><a href="https://www.humandevelopment.va/content/dam/sviluppoumano/documenti/Aqua%20fons%20vitae%20_%2003%202020.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aqua fons vitae</a>. </em>This year, World Water Day will be celebrated on March 22 with the theme "Valuing Water." The Dicastery is taking this opportunity to organize a series of public dialogues to further promote <em>Aqua fons vitae</em> consisting of five webinars designed for a broad audience, with an informative purpose and a desire to promote interdisciplinary collaboration. Speakers from different countries, religious congregations, various Church structures, and international or regional organizations will share their insights and testimonies on the themes of <em>Aqua fons vitae</em>. These webinars are being organized in partnership with one or more organizations. <a href="https://www.humandevelopment.va/en/news/2021/five-public-conversations-inspired-by-aqua-fons-vitae.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">They will take place in different languages and at different times, one per day, from March 22 to March 26</a>.</p>Caesar Montevecchiotag:cpn.nd.edu,2005:News/1350662021-02-09T08:00:00-05:002023-09-28T11:12:52-04:00In Memoriam: Former Secretary of State George Shultz<p>Former Secretary of State George Shultz, leader on nuclear disarmament, passed away February 6.</p><p>In recent years, the CPN was privileged to have former Secretary of State George Shultz co-host two events related to CPN's Project on Revitalizing Catholic Engagement on Nuclear Disarmament. He recognized the importance of religion and morality in moving the world toward a world free of nuclear weapons. His leadership of that effort has made a nuclear free world more likely. <a href="https://www.nti.org/newsroom/news/statement-ernest-j-moniz-passing-george-p-shultz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shultz passed away February 6</a>. May he rest in peace. </p>
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<p> </p>Caesar Montevecchiotag:cpn.nd.edu,2005:News/1349382021-02-03T16:00:00-05:002023-09-28T11:22:21-04:00Statement from Cardinal Bo on the coup in Myanmar<p>Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon, Myanmar has issued a statement on the recent military coup in the country. Cardinal Bo has been a leading voice for peace for many years, and his message is an important one at this fragile time for the people of Myanmar.</p>
<p><a href="https://cpn.nd.edu/assets/418768/scan0014_1_.pdf">Statement from Cardinal Bo Feb 3 2021</a></p><p>Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon, Myanmar has issued a statement on the recent military coup in the country. Cardinal Bo has been a leading voice for peace for many years, and his message is an important one at this fragile time for the people of Myanmar.</p>
<p><a href="https://cpn.nd.edu/assets/418768/scan0014_1_.pdf">Statement from Cardinal Bo Feb 3 2021</a></p>Caesar Montevecchiotag:cpn.nd.edu,2005:News/1292742020-09-21T16:00:00-04:002020-09-21T16:06:13-04:00The Catholic Church and Peacebuilding<figure class="image-right"><img alt="20171101 Pope Francis Malacanang 21 Wiki Ac" src="https://cpn.nd.edu/assets/403558/20171101_pope_francis_malacanang_21_wiki_ac.jpg" /></figure>
<p><a href="https://www.usip.org/events/catholic-church-and-peacebuilding?fbclid=IwAR2tJsIj88TK7EtWUjY93kgGbSfXbu-qJUsPZhc0FK466wpqGRGUXwKsEGA#.X2Oq3z38N6k.facebook" target="_blank">Webinar hosted by USIP, Thursday, September 24, 11:00AM EDT</a></p><figure class="image-right"><img alt="20171101 Pope Francis Malacanang 21 Wiki Ac" height="386" src="https://cpn.nd.edu/assets/403558/20171101_pope_francis_malacanang_21_wiki_ac.jpg" width="600"></figure>
<p>The Church is able to advance peace globally by building strategic and tactical bridges between grassroots nonviolent action and peacebuilding actors, as well as investing in their development and capacity building. But this role is not without challenges. Can the Church serve as an effective mediator while openly denouncing human rights violations and government crackdowns against nonviolent activists? Is it possible for different Church actors to effectively assume different roles in the context of popular movements for peace and democracy? What does this look like practically and what can we learn from past cases?</p>
<p><a href="https://www.usip.org/events/catholic-church-and-peacebuilding?fbclid=IwAR2tJsIj88TK7EtWUjY93kgGbSfXbu-qJUsPZhc0FK466wpqGRGUXwKsEGA#.X2Oq3z38N6k.facebook" target="_blank">Thursday, September 24, 11:00AM EDT, Registration Required</a></p>
<p>Speakers to include:</p>
<p>David Yang, VP, Applied Conflict Transformation, USIP</p>
<p>Bishop Robery McElroy, Diocese of San Diego</p>
<p>Scott Appleby, Marilyn Keough Dean, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame</p>
<p>Sergio Cabrales, Nicaraguan Fulbright Scholar, University of Pittsburgh</p>
<p>Marie Dennis, Senior Advisor, Pax Christi International</p>
<p>Maria Stephan, Director, Nonviolent Action, USIP</p>Caesar Montevecchio