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Eric LeCompte Quoted on Pope Leo XIV Election in National Catholic Reporter
Posted by Brigid Smith · May 08, 2025 8:14 PM
Eric LeCompte Featured in The Globe and Mail Following Election of Pope Leo XIV
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The Guardian Quotes Eric LeCompte on Election of Pope Leo XIV
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National Catholic Reporter Cites Eric LeCompte on Pope's Amazon Synod
The National Catholic Reporter cites Eric LeCompte on the Pope's message on ecological and economic themes in the recent Amazon Synod. Read an excerpt below, and click here for the full story.
The Amazon synod is about the concept of social sin, not married priests
Eric LeCompte's analysis on "Mauritius Leaks," shared in National Catholic Reporter
Jubilee USA Executive Director was cited by the National Catholic Reporter on Pope Francis's visit to Mauritius. Read an excerpt below, and click here for the full story.
Pope urges Mauritius, island tax haven, to reject 'idolatrous economic model'
Eric LeCompte, the leader of Jubilee USA, a network of religious and development groups that argue for international debt relief, cited figures showing that sixty percent of the people of Mauritius see corruption as on the rise in their country. He called the island nation "the premier tax haven in the region draining revenue from many poor countries in Africa."
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G20 Leaders Wrestle with Trade, Climate and Financial Crisis
Jubilee USA Releases Statement on Japan Summit
Osaka, Japan - Leaders of the world's wealthiest economies gathered at the annual G20 Summit to discuss global policies on trade, climate, debt, tax and financial crisis prevention.
Eric LeCompte the Executive Director of the religious development group Jubilee USA, releases the following statement on the G20 Japan Summit:
"Trade tensions, climate change concerns and preventing global financial crisis dominated much of the Osaka Summit.
"There is great concern at the G20 meetings about debt crises and future financial crisis.
"The G20 was founded to prevent financial crisis and there is willingness to move forward global policies on debt sustainability and transparency. The question is whether or not we can achieve policies that move beyond voluntary crisis prevention and implement binding policies that will prevent future crisis.
"Combating financial secrecy and raising revenue in countries remained a key focus of the Japan meetings.
"Fundamentally, we need trade policies that protect workers and the vulnerable. We need to see shifts in the status quo on trade policies.
"Climate is a critical issue, especially as the G20 focused this meeting on ensuring that economies can be more resilient in the face of natural disasters. Economies that can be resilient in the face of disaster need debt policies that offer relief until recovery goals are met."
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