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Isaura Baptista Barros
… Isaura Baptista Barros is the co-founder and national coordinator of Laudato Si' Movement Timor-Leste Youth Organization and a Oxfam Young Leader Fellow. …
As wildfires rage in Bolivia, bishops warn of lasting damage to 'Mother Earth'
… for children and the elderly." Citing Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si', the bishops reaffirmed the church's commitment and solidarity to those suffering as a result …
Conference focuses on Vatican's interreligious diplomacy in Asia
… Pan-Chiu of Chinese University of Hong Kong focused his presentation on Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," especially the concept of integral ecology. Beginning by …
Clothing 'zombie' of NY Fashion Week puts throwaway culture on full display
… where "what is (deemed) useless is discarded." The pope wrote in his 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" that "our industrial system, at the end of its cycle of …
Sisters of the Earth Community focuses on 'largest pro-life issue' — the Earth
… of the Earth, Worcelo notes, was 16 years before Pope Francis published his encyclical " Laudato Si ', On Care for Our Common Home," about the environment, climate change and harmful hazardous …
Sculptor's static images become enduring representations of faith, spirituality
… scheduled for early 2025, Schmalz plans to resume work on a series of sculptures based on " Laudato Si’ , on Care for Our Common Home," Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical on the environment, …
Praying With Creation: What's in motion in nature around you?
… to notice that we are part of God’s creation. As Pope Francis reminds us in his encyclical " Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home ," with all creation we are "linked by unseen bonds and together …
A new story opens us to transformation in faith
… it from moving forward. We are celebrating the ninth anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si' . At last, after so many years, it seems that his message is reaching many dioceses around …
The Eucharist can recommit the faithful to care of creation, say bishops
… of Assisi, whose "Canticle of the Sun" inspired the title and text of Francis' 2015 encyclical Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home. The five-week celebration of a "Season of Creation" had first …
Always on my mind? A Catholic approach to neurotechnology and mental privacy
… which can lead to PTSD . "It is right to rejoice in these advances," Pope Francis wrote in Laudato Si' about technological innovations, "and to be excited by the immense possibilities which they …
A different kind of season, full of surprises
… Prayer for the Care of Creation , in 2015 — not to mention the publication of his encyclical Laudato Si' that same year. My third surprise: the Season of Creation has grown beyond being an …
Soaring temps a sign the planet is sick — are we listening? Pope Francis asks
… "for the Cry of the Earth" — a reference to an oft-quoted passage from his 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home ." In that papal teaching document, Francis wrote that "we have …
Praying With Creation: Come on a nature therapy walk (wherever you are)
… that is around us. As someone committed to living the tenants of Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" and the process of ecological conversion, this practice of …
Faith, business, agricultural leaders discuss ways to respond to 'cry' of Earth, the poor
… address those challenges. The Aug. 17 meeting was inspired by Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si' , On Care for Our Common Home, which focuses on care for the natural environment and all …
2-week Asia trip will test pope's health, spotlight his signature themes
… time in Indonesia to revisit some of the central themes in two of his landmark encyclicals, Laudato Si' and Fratelli Tutti . They argue that the political, economic and social problems facing the …
Q&A with Sr. Terri Schell, sharing a Catholic approach to ecology and faith
… and environmental justice and education, and have fallen in love with that work. That and Laudato S i' , too, allowed me to live out my faith tangibly, [which] was a way to put some meat … If you don't have one at your parish, they can connect you to the nearest local group. Laudato Si' Movement is an international organization, and they have all kinds of resources. It's …
The refugees who helped save a Baltimore parish are now planting seeds for its future
… people each Saturday. "The parishioners were inspired by Pope Francis' 2015 second encyclical, Laudato Si', calling for the care of our common home, resonating with St. Francis of Assisi," said …
Faith and a forest preschool help our family care for creation
… our community — and we loved it. This practice led us to dive deeper into the principles of Laudato Si' , Pope Francis' encyclical on care of our common home, as well as diving deeper into the core …
Puerto Rico parish aims to be climate resilience hub to respond to extreme storms
… by 2030 in a pastoral letter on implementing the teachings of Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical Laudato Si' in the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico. For SUN, that letter signaled the commitment …
I prayed 'lectio divina' with a pine cone
… the land was calling me and what I was called to do. It was similar to how Pope Francis in Laudato Si ' invites us to listen to a message in creation: "This contemplation of creation allows us to …