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Q & A with Sr. Sheila Kinsey, advocating for Earth through Sowing Hope for the Planet
… both personally and in their communities, to implement the message of the pope's encyclical " Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home ." Leading the effort has been Sr. Sheila Kinsey, a member of …
Eucharistic intimacy calls us to transform a destructive food system
… thriving of planet Earth and all of its biodiversity. Pope Francis concludes his encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" with a prayer for the Union of Creation. The prayer ends: "The …
Dioceses in major maritime areas pledge fossil fuel divestment
… also belongs to those who will follow us,' " Francis said, quoting from his encyclical " Laudato Si' , On Care for Our Common Home." The Global Catholic Climate Movement, which organized the …
Book explores the theology of the holy yet sinful church
… becomes irreversible, surely the contemporary church's near silence on both questions — Laudato Si' notwithstanding — is an ecclesial sin demanding more attention than Flanagan gives it. But …
UISG leaders call for broader environmental action, clear stance on church abuse at triennial meeting
… adopted for decades and efforts of women religious who are putting Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si' into practice. "As international congregations, we need to look at the ways we have been …
Respect rights of indigenous people, culture, pope tells mining industry
… Mere corporate social responsibility is not sufficient," he said. Citing his encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," Pope Francis urged conference participants to "move away from …
No loans, no aid: Just Palestinian refugees in an international business
… The same month, SEP Jordan became one of 15 enterprises chosen by the Washington-based Laudato Si' Challenge organization, inspired by Pope Francis, "to effectively and sustainably …
Two generations, one prophetic call for climate justice
… global climate strikes that were started by Greta. It also happens to be the anniversary of " Laudato Si' , On Care for Our Common Home," Francis' encyclical on climate change. All people — and …
Do no harm: Catholic hospitals confront their own carbon footprints
… mind but became more pronounced with the June 2015 publication of Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." Beam said the document has had "a tremendous impact on …
Pope Francis meets with climate-strike teen Greta Thunberg
… take place on the fourth anniversary of the publication date of Francis' 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," which embraced the scientific consensus on climate change …
Blase Bonpane, 89, peace and human rights activist, dies in Los Angeles
… books, his most recent in 2015: Blase Bonpane Comments on the 2nd Encyclical of Pope Francis: Laudato Si (Praise Be to You) On the Care of Our Common Home . Bonpane's obituary in the Los Angeles …
Would Pope Francis back the Green New Deal?
… is connected." With those words, Pope Francis began Paragraph 91 of his landmark encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home ." He continued: "Concern for the environment thus needs to be …
Copy Desk Daily, April 15, 2019
… you. … Would Pope Francis back the Green New Deal? … The pope's 2015 environmental encyclical, Laudato Si' , got similar blowback to what the proposed congressional resolution is getting now: being …
Where science warnings fail, can moral force push us out of climate inertia?
… Into that space, Pope Francis introduced nearly four years ago his landmark encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home ," a compendium of Catholic teaching and thought on creation …
Amazon synod to take on land use, biodiversity, indigenous rights
… the Catholic Church's most serious reentry into the ecological arena since Francis issued " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" nearly four years ago. The synod, to be held Oct. 6-27 in Rome …
God speaks to us through creation
… topic for NCR. The series takes its title, of course, from Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, " Laudato Si' : On Care for Our Common Home," a remarkable document that brings the richness of Catholic …
Wilton Gregory will be a great shepherd for Archdiocese of Washington
… "Wilton." That tells us something about the man. The new archbishop also has been a leader on Laudato Si' , publishing an " action plan " that is the single best resource I have seen published by any …
Action, not 'pretty words,' sustains Romero's legacy, says Salvadoran priest
… issues, the brochure combines statements from church leaders — such as an excerpt from " Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home" and a letter from the bishops' conference — with an analysis of …
The quick and wondrous radicalization of Lucetta Scaraffia
… but during an ordinary parish meeting that was intended to discuss the papal encyclical Laudato Si' . So perhaps the departure of the staff and board of Women Church World is a bellwether of a …
Bishops say EPA plan to roll back pollution rule would harm the unborn
… of the human person and of God's creation — a great example of integral ecology called for in 'Laudato Si',' " Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment. The bishops' comments coincided with a March …