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Parishes can put Laudato Si' into action using new interreligious guide

by Brian Roewe
Jan 26, 2021

A new pastoral guidebook provides a roadmap for pastors, parishes and dioceses to ingrain Pope Francis' encyclical, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," into their liturgies and the life of their church.

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Native Americans lead a prayer for clean and safe air, water and land as well as the protection of their people Nov. 5, 2016, at Columbus Circle in NYC during a protest against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. (CNS/Isabelle Baldwin)
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A wind turbine farm near New Brighton, England (CNS/Reuters/Phil Noble)

Parishes can put Laudato Si' into action using new interreligious guide

by Brian Roewe
Jan 26, 2021

A new pastoral guidebook provides a roadmap for pastors, parishes and dioceses to ingrain Pope Francis' encyclical, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," into their liturgies and the life of their church.

Fight against climate change can't be done alone, cardinal says

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