In his invitation letter to mark the 2025 Jubilee, Spes Non Confundit (“Hope does not disappoint”, Rom 5:5), Pope Francis reminds us that “hope should be granted to the billions of the poor who often lack the essentials of life” and that “the goods of the Earth are not destined for a privileged few but for everyone.”

Inspired by this profound call to justice, Pax Christi International joins Caritas Internationalis, together with other faith-based and civil society organisations, in the campaign, Turn Debt into Hope. Together, we urge decision-makers to prioritise people and planet over mere profit.

Unsustainable and unjust public debts strip nations of the resources needed to invest in health, education, climate action and the futures of their young people, locking entire generations into cycles of poverty and inequality. This compels us to demand debt justice for communities crushed by unjust and unpayable debts. As the Holy Father writes, “if we really wish to prepare a path to peace in our world, we must commit ourselves to remedying the remote causes of injustice, settling unjust and unpayable debts” (Spes Non Confundit, 16).

Read the petition and sign it on the website of the campaign.