EoF young people’s commitment to rebuilding an economy rooted in peace and Human Rights
We young economists, entrepreneurs and change-makers of the world, called upon to give a soul to the economy, we say: Stop! Stop the war, put down the weapons, get back to the path of dialogue.
Our hearts are deeply painful for the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. We ask for everyone’s commitment so that the time prophesied by Isaiah may get close: “They will forge their swords into plowshares, their spears into sickles; people of a nation will no longer raise their sword against another nation, they will no longer practice the art of war” (Is 2, 4).
We, young people, can no longer tolerate resources diverted from education, health care, and our present and future to build weapons instead and fuel the wars needed to sell them.
We want to tell our children that the world at war is over forever.
For this reason, we share and bounce the words of Pope Francis: “Every war leaves our world worse than it was before. War is a failure of politics and humanity, a shameful capitulation, a stinging defeat facing the forces of evil” (Fratelli Tutti, 261).
Also, we express our solidarity with all those who are trying to wage a battle against human rights violations, repression and violence. Especially, with those in Iran and Afghanistan who are protesting against crimes and abuses affecting women in particular. The Economy of Francesco is doing what the people to whom the event is dedicated have asked: “make our voice heard, do not forget us“.
That is why since December 2022 we have started with a series of reading marathons that report the stories of the book One Thousand and One Nights. The narrative device of this book reminds us that narration is also a place to go to try to defeat death: a sign to celebrate and defend the value of words and their generative capacity for salvation, the fundamental right to express oneself, to protest, to defend and fight for life, rights and freedom. May it be women and young people who generate the necessary first words of the new world that needs to be born.
A sign to celebrate and defend the value of words and their generative capacity for salvation, the fundamental right to express oneself, to protest, to defend and fight for life, rights and freedom.
The event is to express solidarity with those in Iran and Afghanistan who are protesting against the violence, crimes, and abuses that are affecting women in particular.
VIDEO – In commemoration of International Education Day, we want to remember all those who are denied this right, especially the women of Afghanistan and Iran.
The course of the war in Ukraine has become so serious, devastating and threatening, as to cause great concern.
Intervissta a Martina Pignatti, direttrice della ONG “Un ponte per” che da oltre trent’anni agisce per dare uno spazio alla non violenza.
RIFLESSIONE – Note di un cristiano ingenuo in margine al conflitto riacceso dall’invasione russa dell’Ucraina
We are young economists, entrepreneurs and change-makers in the world, we call to give spirit to the economy, and the need to stop the war, leave the weapons and return to the path of dialogue.
Bishop Sorrentino reminds us how St. Francis not only lived through war, but also suffered it firsthand and now traces for us a path to peace.
It seems that the time has come for Europe to grow up and start to be responsible for its own destiny.
A video from Domenico Sorrentino, Bishop of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino and president of EoF Organizing Committee. A call to pray, stop the war and rebuild a fraternal economy.
We orginized the webinair “The Better Kind of Politics” in the context of crisis in Ukraine, in light of #FratelliTutti encyclical letter.
We all want to do something concrete against the war. This is the campaign created by the youth of EOF, called “Less gas for more peace”.
It is with great shock, sadness and sorrow to witness the acts of war in the very heart of Europe. How can it be that, in the 21st century, nations are still using force to solve their geopolitical and geoeconomic goals, neglecting human wellbeing?
