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How some US Catholic dioceses are heeding the papal call for a 'green revolution'
… are doing to become better caretakers of the earth. In the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, the Laudato Si Corporation — a green energy initiative to generate renewable energy, managed by Catholic …
US Rep. and Catholic leaders in Pittsburgh say solutions to pollution intersect with other justice issues
… Panelists repeatedly referenced Pope Francis' framing of integral ecology in his encyclical " Laudato Si ', on Care for Our Common Home" to highlight connections among pollution, racism, jobs, …
Pope Francis tamps down hopes for Synod of Bishops livestream: 'Not a television program'
… that on Oct. 4 he will publish an update to his landmark 2015 environmental encyclical Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home , the pope said that while he doesn't "go to the …
US waterways polluted with injustice, bishops say in Season of Creation message
… that he will issue on Oct. 4 an apostolic exhortation updating his landmark encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" to reflect on the extreme weather facing vast parts of the …
Pope Francis' new environmental exhortation to be released on Oct. 4
… follow-up document on the environment on Oct. 4, providing an update to his 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" — a landmark papal letter that offered a rallying cry for …
Laudato Si' Animators Program forms Catholic advocates for ecological conversion
… climate change and other environmental factors on public health around the world. Becoming a Laudato Si' Animator has helped him unite faith and action with his knowledge and experience, Thompson …
Editorial: Climate action requires interfaith collaboration
… will be the focus of Pope Francis' reported update to his landmark ecological encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." In 2021 ahead of the United Nations climate change conference …
Pope tells lawyers he's writing a new document on the environment
… Francis said he was preparing another document on the subject. "I am writing a second part to Laudato Si' to update it on current problems," the pope told the lawyers Aug. 21 during a meeting in the …
Why Catholics should divest from plastic in their closets
… holy, much as we're called to keep the Sabbath holy. Indeed, Pope Francis' papal encyclical " Laudato Si' , On Care for Our Common Home," names the climate as a "common good, belonging to all and …
If the synod isn't a parliament, voting should be dropped
… the synod. I am drawing from a recent experience I had of social dialogue, as envisioned in " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home " and Fratelli Tutti , but in a predominantly secular context: …
Local clergy help clean up Africa's largest freshwater lake
… church must move with speed to free our water sources from garbage." In his 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si ', On Care for Our Common Home," Pope Francis says conserving the ecosystem and fighting …