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February 2025 Global Update

February 2025 Global Update

View the closing of the online international conference and listen to Fr. Dan Groody’s inspiring words on the Theology of Migration. Read President Grudzen’s statement on the USAID cuts. View Bishop Bridget Mary’s interview with Italian media. Learn how to spot online scammers and spammers. Travel to Nigeria and India with President Grudzen. “Spring” into Creation Spirituality with discounted courses. Read a rave review for the Center for Celebrant Training. Give up patriarchy for Lent with Freedom Fridays!

Statement on the US Presidential Election

Statement on the US Presidential Election

The election of Donald Trump to the US presidency presents a challenge to people of faith on the key issues facing the US and the community of nations.  The Climate Crisis has only grown more imminent as we have seen its effects in recent weather events.  Faith for Earth, the official faith-based environmental organization of the UN, has called for a renewed commitment to the Paris Accords (2015) and a sound environmental policy for all its member nations, including the US…

President Grudzen’s Reflections on Student Activism in the US and Africa

President Grudzen’s Reflections on Student Activism in the US and Africa

Student activism has highlighted media coverage of the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas. My alma mater, Columbia University, has been the epicenter of student unrest and the catalyst for uprisings across the US at college campuses.

On April 30, my wife, Marita Grudzen, and I attended a lecture on Human Rights Activism in Africa by Professor Kumi Naidoo, the Arthur W. Payne Distinguished Lecturer at the Stanford University Freeman Institute for International Studies. Professor Naidoo’s resume includes his role in organizing the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa and later helping to organize the legalization of the African National Congress after Nelson Mandela was released from prison….