An international symposium has reflected on “anti-life” practices prevailing around the world.

The symposium on Alternative Reflections on Anti-life Culture in the Globalized World, was organized by the Research Institute for Life and Culture at the Jesuit-run Sogang University in Seoul on May 19-20.

Fourteen Church scholars from nine countries and territories including Korea, Japan, India, the Philippines and Taiwan, pointed to the urgent need to replace what have become anti-life norms with pro-life attitudes.

Dominican Father Hisao Miyamoto, a professor from Sophia University in Tokyo, in his keynote address talked of helping young people find the “wisdom of life” in order that they become “new prophets” in today’s society.

Jesuit Father Kuruvilla Pandikattu discussed the need for a pro-life economic structure. The professor from the Pontifical Institute of Philosophy and Religion in Pune, India, highlighted an alarming number of suicides by bankrupt farmers in India since 1990 as a major concern.

To prevent it, he urged an international response to lessen the debt of farmers who have been victims of globalization in the world food/agriculture market.

Jesuit Father Jose Mario Francisco from Loyola School in Manila explained the Catholic Church’s opposition against the reproductive health bill proposed by the Philippine government.

Other topics discussed included North and South Korean relations, sexual abuse and abuse of power and coexistence in a multi-cultural world.

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