On A Mission: “My faith has to ride for justice” – Brazil’s Catholic priests mediate fight over land rights
In Brazil, the forced removal of vulnerable people from privately owned land has created a role for Catholic priests as mediators between landowners and beleaguered communities. CHLOË-ARIZONA FODOR, who worked on expanding Paraná’s mediation program to the national level, reports on their work…
Essay: Peace in Sudan is elusive for any would-be mediators – but a new window of opportunity has opened for outside intervention
HYERAN JO, a political science professor who studies civil conflicts, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the possibility for peace in Sudan…
Mediators meet to bolster Ethiopia truce amid signs of detente
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Reuters Mediators between Ethiopia’s Federal Government and authorities in the Tigray region, embroiled until last month in a brutal war, are stepping up efforts to enforce a truce as relations between the two sides inch closer toward normality. The 2nd November ceasefire quieted a two-year conflict that killed tens of thousands and […]
Vatican offers to mediate negotiations between Russia and Ukraine; Ukrainian Orthodox bishops call for end to war
Vatican City RNS Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state and Pope Francis’ top lieutenant, said in an interview to Italian papers on Monday that the Holy See is willing to mediate between the two warring parties in the conflict in Ukraine. The Vatican, the cardinal said, is “willing to facilitate dialogue with Russia” […]