World Cancer Day is celebrated each year on 4 February. The 2022-2024 theme is “Close the Care Gap”
Facts about cancer:
Cancer is the second-leading cause of death worldwide.- The International Agency for Research on Cancer estimates that one-in-five men and one-in-six women worldwide will develop cancer over the course of their lifetime, and that one-in-eight men and one-in-eleven women will die from their disease. This equates to an estimated 19.3 million new cases and10 million people dying from cancer in 2020.
- By 2040, the number of new cancer cases worldwide are expected to rise to 30 million.
More facts about cancer can be found here
Many of us have been touched in some way by cancer in members of our families, our communities, our ministries, our networks
Let us each remember in our prayers in a special way today all who are living with cancer
Post your prayer in our sacred space.
El Día Mundial contra el Cáncer se celebra cada año el 4 de febrero. El lema de 2022-2024 es “Cerrar la brecha asistencial”.
Datos sobre el cáncer:
- El cáncer es la segunda causa de muerte en todo el mundo.
- El Centro Internacional de Investigaciones sobre el Cáncer estima que uno de cada cinco hombres y una de cada seis mujeres en todo el mundo desarrollarán un cáncer a lo largo de su vida, y que uno de cada ocho hombres y una de cada once mujeres en todo el mundo desarrollarán un cáncer a lo largo de su vida. y que uno de cada ocho hombres y una de cada once mujeres morirán de esta enfermedad. Se calcula que en 2020 habrá 19,3 millones de nuevos casos y 10 millones de personas que morirán de cáncer. 10 millones de personas morirán de cáncer en 2020.
- Para 2040, se espera que el número de nuevos casos de cáncer en todo el mundo ascienda a 30 millones.
Aquí encontrará más datos sobre el cáncer
Muchos de nosotros hemos sido afectados de alguna manera por el cáncer en miembros de nuestras familias, nuestras comunidades, nuestros ministerios, nuestras redes
Recordemos hoy en nuestras oraciones de manera especial a todos los que viven con cáncer.
This year, 
in which we celebrate the liturgical memory of St. Bakhita, the Sudanese nun who as a child had the dramatic experience of being kidnapped and enslaved and became the universal symbol of the Church’s commitment against trafficking.
The practice began in October 2001, following the 2nd Mercy International Justice Network conference in South Africa, where those present resolved to focus their prayers and action on all forms of violence against women and children, as well as all kinds of racism. The conference opened on the night of September 11 2001 and so the events of that day in New York City deeply affected us as we immersed ourselves in the work at hand.
This week will draw together churches across the globe to “Do good; seek justice (Isaiah 1:17).” The theme is inspired by Isaiah 1:12-18, which laments a lack of justice among the People of God. Yet it also promises redemption by encouraging acts of justice. Like Isaiah, we hope to inspire a renewed desire and effort for justice among Christian peoples around the world. The theme and materials call Christians to recognize that the divisions between our churches and confessions cannot be separated from the divisions within the wider human family.
Reports on COP15 were posted during the conference on our website 
Pope Francis will preside at the funeral Mass to be celebrated on Thursday morning , January 5, in St Peter’s Square, beginning at 9:30 am Rome time (3.30am Canada time).
The aim of this global pact is to halt and reverse the rapid loss of biodiversity by 2030, setting aside at least 30% of the world’s lands, oceans and inland waters for conservation and respecting the rights, roles and contributions of indigenous peoples toward this goal. The Framework designed at COP15 charts a new way forward, a path away from the damaging patterns that led to the destructionof ecosystems and diminishment of species over many decades.