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How the Intercontinental Slavery Museum in Mauritius Promotes Peace and Justice by Allegra Chen-Carrel |February 2, 2021
According to the Institute for Economics and Peace, Mauritius, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, is one of only five countries in the world free from both domestic and international conflict. The Sustaining Peace Project at Columbia University’s Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict and Complexity has been learning from people in sustainably peaceful societies, such as Mauritius, in order to refine its model of lasting peace. One core factor in influencing peaceful dynamics that has emerged is the way that history is told and remembered.
Poorer parishes, dioceses take a bigger hit from pandemic
Friday, Feb. 26, 2021
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON Just as it was in much of American society this past year, the financial toll exacted by the coronavirus pandemic affected poor parishes and dioceses more starkly than it did larger and more well-to-do Catholic institutions.
While that’s not to say that bigger dioceses and parishes didn’t feel any sting – some dioceses started making cuts in the early months of the pandemic – smaller churches and dioceses at the outset didn’t have the financial wherewithal to deal with its consequences.
The year ahead may offer at least a glimmer of hope to dioceses and churches who nonetheless responded to the call for help and accompaniment, but the road is far from easy.