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You don't have to be a superhero to honor the Season of Creation
… our U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has called for us to observe this in the spirit of Laudato Si' , Pope Francis' encyclical on care for our common home. If you visit the U.S. bishops' …
MAGA Catholics are wrong: Prayers are not enough in epidemic of gun violence
… the right to migrate to sustain their lives and the lives of their families." On creation: " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" (2015), one of Francis' great legacies, calls us to "hear both …
As Africa prepares for COP30, its Catholic bishops urge African solutions on climate
… industrialize without destroying its ecosystems." But Ashley Kitisya, programs manager of the Laudato Si' Movement in Africa, said the bishops' insistence on "an Africa-driven future" on the …
Messages that mobilize: How to convince church leadership to take climate action
… imperative as articulated in the Bible or religious teachings like Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" can compel climate action, according to Emma Bloomfield, a …
Legacy of 'green' papal teaching takes root at Vatican ecology center
… resulting from unsustainable farming practices. And in 2015, Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" presented environmental care as inseparable from human …
Considering war and peace during the Season of Creation
… becomes an expression of our faith and humanity. Francis reminded us 10 years ago in " Laudato Si' , on Care for our Common Home," that "everything is connected" and that we must hear …
Take a treeish point of view on this year's Season of Creation
… chop them down and disrupt their lives with large machines." Francis repeats many times in Laudato Si' that everything, including all creatures, is related and connected. He urges us to undergo an …
Pope's prayer for September: Respecting, protecting God's creation
… linking the 800th of the Canticle of Creation and the 10th anniversary of Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," the network said. Leo prays in the video: "Lord, you love …
AI, Big Tech and jobs: How Catholic social teaching can help defend human labor
… to lose time in responding to this new industrial revolution. Facing what Pope Francis in " Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home" called the "rapidification" of technological change by those …
Your letters: Haitian ministry, climate change and just war theory
… exacerbating the problem demands we hear arguments from our ecclesial leaders consistent with Laudato Si'. Our domestic church, in my opinion, is struggling with several problems which affect the …
Pope to inaugurate Borgo Laudato Si' during Season of Creation
… care of creation," Pope Leo XIV will return to Castel Gandolfo to formally inaugurate Borgo Laudato Si', a place of education, ecology and spirituality in the papal summer estate. Famed tenor …
Activists decry new border wall's impact on wildlife
… urgent call to care for the Earth expressed by Pope Francis a decade ago in his encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." "In assessing the environmental impact of any project, …
Rural Catholics can help the whole church appreciate land as a gift from God
… principle of "care for our common home," articulated by Pope Francis in his encyclical Laudato Si' , rural initiatives challenge the idea that small-town faith communities are indifferent to …
Connecting communion with social teaching
… of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and director general of the Laudato Si' Center for Advanced Formation, which cosponsored the lunch, also spoke. It was the …
At Mass and lunch with the poor, pope says burn with 'fire' of God's love
… lunch for the Caritas clients and some of the volunteers. The luncheon was held in the Borgo Laudato Si', a project for education and training in integral ecology begun by Pope Francis in the …
In his 100 days as pope, Leo links climate, environment to broader global issues
… spent part of the summer at the papal villa in Castel Gandalfo, and paid visits to the Borgo Laudato Si' sustainable ecology area established by Francis. He also has toured the land where the …
Hundreds of Catholic sisters walk Atlanta streets to pray for social, environmental justice
… echoed LCWR's resolution and commitment to live out the challenges of the late Pope Francis' Laudato Si' environmental justice encyclical. "This is an initiative that is happening throughout the …
The church should back climate candidates to fully endorse a culture of life
… Church. As a result, most U.S. Catholics are unfamiliar with Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si' and church teaching regarding the environment. As a Catholic voter, I consider myself …
New video explores 'Fratelli Tutti' conference at Fordham
… College focused on synodality and of our meeting at the University of San Diego which took Laudato Si' as its focus — is the way he captures not just some of the highlights of the conversations …
Canadian bishops' pastoral letter calls for ecological justice, wiping out debt
… to address ecological debt." The CCCB referred to Francis' observation in his 2015 encyclical Laudato Si' that "countries in the Global South often host an abundance of land and resources but are …