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Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, founder and CEO of Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action, takes part in a demonstration on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Courtesy of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism)

New organization Dayenu seeks to mobilize US Jews for climate action

Jul 3, 2020

Rabbi Jennie Rosenn founded Dayenu to build a national movement of American Jews to confront the climate crisis with, according to its website, "spiritual audacity and bold political action."

Commentary

Discovering ecological conversion in the spirit of Laudato Si'

by Doug Demeo

Jul 3, 2020

How to care for our common home

by Samantha Panchèvre

Jul 3, 2020

How long will the wren continue to sing?

by Lindy Brasher

A bird's serenade at dawn becomes a lament -- unless we resolve to care for life in all its forms.

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How to care for our common home

by Samantha Panchèvre

Jul 3, 2020

Digging Into Laudato Si': In the last post of this series on Laudato Si', let's go back to the introduction where Pope Francis describes his urgent appeal for shaping the future of our planet: "We need a conversation which includes everyone, since the environmental challenge we are undergoing, and its human roots, concern and affect us all."

Commentary

Discovering ecological conversion in the spirit of Laudato Si'

by Doug Demeo

Jul 3, 2020

Commentary: The root of our need for change is our refusal to see and hear God's presence in His creation. Yet hope abounds in spheres of ecological farming and renewable energy, "living" homes and cities.

New organization Dayenu seeks to mobilize US Jews for climate action

by Jesse Remedios

Jul 3, 2020

Rabbi Jennie Rosenn founded Dayenu to build a national movement of American Jews to confront the climate crisis with, according to its website, "spiritual audacity and bold political action."

The joy of our hope

by Samantha Panchèvre

Jul 1, 2020

Digging Into Laudato Si': While the last section of the encyclical may be short, it's full of hope.

Commentary

Discovering a 'great grace' in the time of COVID-19

by Michael Wright

Jul 1, 2020

Commentary: This time of shared crisis affords us a serendipitous opportunity to grow beyond ourselves by considering how our actions can affect others and creation itself

Amazon church creates new conference to implement synod proposals

by Brian Roewe

Jun 30, 2020

Catholic leaders in the Amazon formed a new church body that will head up implementing the proposals put forward last year at the Vatican's special synod on the Amazon.