Commentary

Instead of a 'return to normal,' let's pursue a profound transformation

by Elise D. García
May 29, 2020

Commentary: The call is as urgent as it is clear. Even before the pandemic, we understood that we were entering a make-or-break decade for humanity to act to avoid catastrophic climate change and global suffering.

An aerial view shows a single tree seen on land that was previously jungle in Mato Grosso, one of the Brazilian states suffering from deforestation. (Reuters/Bruno Domingos)

Five years ago, Pope Francis asked us to care for Earth. Have we listened?

by Brian Roewe
May 24, 2020
A boy walks over a drainage channel littered with garbage in Karachi, Pakistan, on Earth Day April 22, 2020. (CNS photo/Akhtar Soomro, Reuters)

What is ecological sin?

by Brian Roewe
May 28, 2020
A lockdown routine from Mending Monday to Service Saturday
by Beth Piggush

Helping children learn what a difference they can make

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EarthBeat Weekly: Introducing the author of 'Digging into 'Laudato Si''

by Bill Mitchell
May 29, 2020

You've been meaning to read Laudato Si' but haven't yet? Here's your chance.

Balancing private property and the common good

by Samantha Panchèvre
May 29, 2020

Digging Into Laudato Si': These passages come down to the balance we need to strike between private property and the need to share resources for the common good. Are there areas in your life where you can resist short-term self-interest for the benefit of the long-term common good?

Commentary

Instead of a 'return to normal,' let's pursue a profound transformation

by Elise D. García
May 29, 2020

Commentary: The call is as urgent as it is clear. Even before the pandemic, we understood that we were entering a make-or-break decade for humanity to act to avoid catastrophic climate change and global suffering.

Free will and the power of our choices

by Samantha Panchèvre
May 27, 2020

Digging Into Laudato Si': Continuing with chapter 2, Pope Francis says in section 3: “A fragile world, entrusted by God to human care, challenges us to devise intelligent ways of directing, developing and limiting our power” (78). How will we use our free will to make choices that allow us to be agents of change?

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If COVID-19 frightens you, you should be terrified by climate change

by Daniel P. Horan
May 27, 2020

Faith Seeking Understanding: If you don't like the current reality of widespread illness, death, economic collapse and rolling lockdowns, then you should really direct your energies toward combating climate change.

The mutual responsibility between humans and nature

by Samantha Panchèvre
May 25, 2020

Digging Into Laudato Si': God designed a world in which nature takes care of us, and God intended for us to care for it in return. Consider the politicans you vote for and the companies you support with your wallet.

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