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Founding Ottawa Office director Bill Janzen honoured with the Order of Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
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![Man in a field with a basket of gourds](/sites/default/files/2024-06/Websitethumbnail.jpg)
A field trip: growing safer vegetables in Bangladesh
Listen now- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
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Farmers grow safe vegetables to protect health, environment
- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
Story
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From soil to solidarity
- Food,
- Climate Change
Puerto Rico
Jun 2024
Story
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![IVEP participant is crouched and feeding a baby calf with a bottle.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/image000000%281%29.jpg)
Seeing our lives through the eyes of an IVEPer
United States + 1 more
Jun 2024
Story
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Freely you have received; freely give
United States + 2 more
Jun 2024
Story
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Adapting to a changing climate in Southern Mexico
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Climate Change
Location
Mexico
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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MCC calls for peace, nonviolence in the midst of war
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Peace
Location
Canada + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A portrait of a man from the DR Congo. He is wearing a suit jacket and button down shirt.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/katho_publicity_2.png.webp?itok=ZxoMTkYx)
Author interview: Bungishabaku Katho
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United States + 1 more
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A book cover that says, "Reading Jeremiah in Africa: Biblical essays in sociopolitical imagination. Bungishabaku Katho"](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/bookcoverphoto2.jpg.webp?itok=hIQ8KQeC)
When nations decay, the church cannot be a passive observer
Location
United States + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A book cover that says, "Reading Jeremiah in Africa: Biblical essays in sociopolitical imagination. Bungishabaku Katho"](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/bookcoverphoto2.jpg.webp?itok=hIQ8KQeC)
Extracto del libro: Lectura de Jeremías en África
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United States + 1 more
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A group of 16 young adults of different nationalities pose for a photo](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/ivepgroup1sm.jpg.webp?itok=V9RWvzoB)
IVEP Welcome: Despite many challenges, we continue
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![CSCS cross-country Climate Riders arrived to Washington, DC at the end of their cross-country bike trip on July 28, 2021. With support from MCC's Washington Office, they met with their elected officia](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/IMG_0631.JPG.webp?itok=dlTErMWF)
Cycling for climate justice
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Climate Change
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A headshot of a man in a suit and tie standing in front of a stain glass window](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/edgardo_colon_emeric_headshot_new.jpg.webp?itok=3WdWQ9FM)
What Archbishop Romero teaches us about public courage
Location
United States
Date
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![Woman sitting on a mat threading a needle.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/koshish.jpg.webp?itok=j0Bjol-I)
Our ministry toward a holistic recovery and healing
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Peace
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A woman with short grey curly hair, wearing purple glasses, stands in the middle of a path.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/malindaberry-990000028a05143c_0.jpg.webp?itok=9k_KQs0F)
Interview with Malinda Berry:
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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Myrrl Byler on why the call to peacemaking must not ignore China
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Peace
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A man wearing a suit and bishop's collar smiles and looks to the side](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/bishop_zac.jpg.webp?itok=ZRbO3IBS)
The Lord's Prayer as political engagement
Location
United States + 1 more
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Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
Pagination
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