Sustainable future calls for new way of being
Viewpoint: This Earth Day, we are at an impasse. The wisdom we need today comes from the marginalized, mystics, and a wounded Earth crying for life.
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Preview: Faith leaders applaud Paris Agreement ahead of UN signing ceremony
GSR Preview: Religious leaders, including several Catholic women religious, are urging leaders of nations not to renege on their promise to sign the landmark Paris Agreement.
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One year after Nepal quake, people still await government housing help
Eco Catholic: "The initial response to the quake was wonderful. ... But then everything slowed down."
Young nun, postulants among hundreds of Ecuador earthquake victims
Eco Catholic: At least 350 people died in the wake of Sunday's massive magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the South American nation.
Faith groups petition Congress to honor Green Climate Fund pledge
Eco Catholic: 121 faith organizations, including bishops 20 other Catholic institutions, urged congressional support for the president's $750 million budget request toward the international Green Climate Fund.
Growing emergencies fueled by environment, war, say heads of Caritas
Climate change and emergency situations are linked, but global emergencies also can be caused by people, said two leaders of Caritas Internationalis, the umbrella organization for Catholic charitable organizations.
Michigan Catholic school hits the scales to reduce food waste
Eco Catholic: In two years, the small school cut lunchtime waste nearly in half by encouraging reusable containers and economical eating habits.
Daughter of slain Honduran activist calls for full investigation of death
Eco Catholic: Bertha Isabel Zuniga Caceres spent four days in Washington asking for an independent investigation into her mother's assassination.
Maryland parish among Catholic supporters of new state emissions reduction act
Eco Catholic and The Field Hospital: Living out their faith has helped Catholics in Maryland make history in their state’s commitment to environmental protection.
Catholic coalition files amicus brief backing Clean Power Plan
Eco Catholic: A contingent of 30 Catholic organizations and institutes filed the brief April 1 in support of the EPA carbon emissions-reducing rules.
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In This Issue
September 9-22, 2016
- Editorial: Make action on poverty a national priority
- Music provides a deeper sense of promise
- SNAP concerned with survivor confidentiality after judge's sanctions
- Special Section (subscribers only): Health & Well-Being