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Anna Blackman
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Lecturer in Catholic Religious Ed., Uni of Glasgow. Catholic social thought & practice. Gospel nonviolence. Grassroots activism. Catholic Worker movement. Christian anarchism.
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Pope Leo at Jubilee Audience: Dorothy Day understood that for too many the dream was a nightmare, and that as a Christian she had to involve herself with workers, with migrants, with those cast aside by an economy that kills." www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope at Jubilee Audience: Peace is taking a stand where human dignity is trampled - Vatican News
During his Jubilee Audience on Saturday morning, Pope Leo XIV reflects on Servant of God, Dorothy Day, an American Catholic, who dedicated her life to ...
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November 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Yesterday, our own Ken Butigan joined CNI in sharing with Pope Leo XIV their gratitude for his relentless call for peace and nonviolence, and recounted for him the work of the institute.

Check out our blog to read more about their exchange:

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October 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Pope Leo to Rimini Meeting: “Promote pathways of education in nonviolence, initiatives for mediation in local conflicts, and projects of welcome that transform the fear of the other into opportunities for encounter.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope Leo XIV to Rimini Meeting: Hope does not disappoint - Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV invites participants in the 46th Meeting of Friendship Among Peoples to remember that peace is made up of daily gestures, and warns that ...
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August 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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📢 This #ALevelResultsDay, we’re calling for Theology & Religious Studies to be protected in higher education.

🔗 Read more in our open letter signed by 75 signatories - including James Norton and Dr Rowan Williams - here: www.theosthinktank.co.uk/in-the-news/...
Safeguarding Theology & Religious Studies in higher education: an open letter
As students receive their A–Level results today, Theos have put together this open letter highlighting the importance of religious education in higher education. 14/08/2025
www.theosthinktank.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I don’t think it would be an understatement to say that being involved in the #Lines4Palestine project has been one of the most powerful experiences of my life #academicsolidarity. Details & how to get involved refugeap-network.net/2025/03/10/l... Report here eprints.gla.ac.uk/354866/
LINEs4Palestine: An international collaboration for ELT capacity building in times of genocide
Dr Maria Grazia Imperiale (University of Glasgow) outlines how the LINEs4Palestine project has been providing CPD opportunities and mentoring to ELT/Education students and staff in Gaza
refugeap-network.net
July 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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The LINEs4Palestine team will be launching their new LINEs4P Multivocal Report at a hybrid event on May 1st from 2:00 to 3:30pm (UK time). Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lines4pale...

Read more about their project in this RefugEAP Network blog post: refugeap-network.net/2025/03/10/l...
LINEs4Palestine Report Launch
This event is for all those who are interested in knowing more about the LINEs4Palestine project.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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All parties must respect and protect places of worship and humanitarian shelters. It is a clear violation of international humanitarian law to strike civilians seeking refuge.

Our prayers go out to all at the Holy Family Church in Gaza.

www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...
Israeli forces strike Catholic Parish in Gaza - Vatican News
The Holy Family Church, the only Catholic Church in Gaza, was struck by a raid this morning resulting in several injuries including the Parish priest, ...
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July 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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After dropping a 2030 emissions-reduction target in February, HSBC has now left the banking industry's climate coalition. Operation Noah & our partners are encouraging Christians to switch from banks that fund planet-heating fossil fuels to ones that don't. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
HSBC joins US banks in quitting climate coalition
Britain's HSBC became the latest bank to leave the industry's climate coalition on Friday, following in the footsteps of major U.S. lenders as some governments' net zero ambitions cool.
www.reuters.com
July 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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New RED Resource, Laudato Si Champions and new short course on teaching the Holy Spirit with creativity - mailchi.mp/1e3b479bcf55...
June 9, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Approved by Pope Leo, Vatican releases new Mass “For the Care of Creation” where the Prayer after Communion asks that “we may learn to live in harmony with all creatures;” Pope to celebrate new Mass at Castel Gandolfo next week where he will take a brief summer break. www.vatican.va/content/roma...
July 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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📢Out today: ICAN’s memorial dedicated to the children of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Ahead of the 80th anniversaries of the nuclear bombings, this new online memorial honours the 38,000 children killed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

🔗Learn more: childrenspeacememorial.org

#NuclearBan
July 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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🗣️A new online memorial that honors the thousands of children killed by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is live today. Launched ahead of the 80th anniversaries of the bombings, it invites people worldwide to remember, reflect and act for peace.

www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Online memorial for children dead in Hiroshima, Nagasaki
A Nobel Prize-winning anti-nuclear group launched an online memorial Tuesday for the 38,000 children who died in the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ahead of the 80th anniversary next mo...
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July 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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The mass lobby is in two weeks! 📣

Co-organised by our friends at The Climate Coalition, it's a great occasion as different organisations and people from all over get the chance to speak to MPs about important issues.

Find out more and sign up. ⤵️

cafod.org.uk/news/campaig...
Join us for a mass lobby in Westminster
Supporters of more than 100 organisations from across the UK will be in Westminster on Wednesday 9 July to ask MPs to take action on climate, debt and nature.
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June 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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June 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Refugee Week is here and we have had a great start to the week: the empathy, compassion and warmth of welcome we saw from all the students at St Mary's School in Sandwell was a reminder that Community really is a Superpower! @refugeeweek.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Glasgow Women’s Library has become the first in Scotland to be recognised as a Library of Sanctuary💪

“As a library that’s been founded on equality, that’s really the heart of everything that we do…" @womenslibrary.bsky.social
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This women's library just became a 'library of sanctuary' for refugees
Glasgow Women’s Library becomes Scotland’s first Library of Sanctuary, supporting refugee women through community and care.
www.bigissue.com
June 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20.

(Via Christopher Hale)
June 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Poor countries borrow at higher interest rates than their richer counterparts and become trapped by debt as a result.

It's time for debt justice. Join the campaign. ⤵️

cafod.org.uk/campaign/the...
June 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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St Mary’s promotes ecology ‘toolkit’ as Pope Leo XIV urges universities to work for social and environmental justice
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St Mary’s promotes ecology ‘toolkit’ as Pope Leo XIV urges universities to work for social and environmental justice - The Tablet
A free teaching toolkit on the Catholic Church’s approach to ecology has been re-launched by St Mary’s University, Twickenham, ahead of Laudato Si’ Week which
www.thetablet.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Job alert at CCS Durham! Three year funded postdoc in Catholic Social Thought and Practice. More info here: durham.taleo.net/careersectio... #catholicism #skystorians #catholic #academia
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Catholic Social Thought and Practice
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
durham.taleo.net
June 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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This is what Britain really needs to defend itself – and it doesn’t include spending billions on arms | Karen Bell
This is what Britain really needs to defend itself – and it doesn’t include spending billions on arms | Karen Bell
Spending should be focused on the immediate threats we face: underfunded public services and an escalating climate crisis, says Karen Bell, a professor of social and environmental justice
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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A new report, the ‘Alternative Defence Review’, calls for a radical break with successive UK governments’ failed security and defence policies and for investment in 'welfare, not warfare'

Read more about the report here from @cnduk.bsky.social‬ ➡️ buff.ly/Lt0dCaa
June 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM