In the midst of this crisis in which we live, we want to share with you some good weekly news, news of hope, important or simple acts and gestures that unite us as a community of men and women of faith-driven by the force of hope.

South African Catholic Women praying together

Online Day of Prayer initiative slated for 24 August hopes to help women “bridge the sense of solitude and isolation experienced in lockdown, to support each other and to reinforce a sense of sisterhood.”

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Pope at Audience: Healing the world is an opportunity to build something better

At the General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis invites us to cure the “virus” of social injustice, inequality of opportunity, marginalization, and the lack of protection for the weakest.

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Green is the new black: how biotech is making fashion more sustainable.

From lab-grown spider silk to ‘living dyes’ extracted from microalgae, biotechnology is being used to engineer sustainable fashion items.

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Coronavirus leads to record fall in consumption of Earth’s resources

Campaigners outline measures to reduce humanity’s ecological footprint ‘by design rather than disaster’.

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On the header, photo by Anastasia Taioglou on Unsplash.