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New science on ecological justice demands united response from US Catholics
… a prophetic voice for creation. Since the publication of Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," action has quickened. On the international level, countless …
Jun 8, 2023
Reba Elliott
… Reba Elliott is senior director at Laudato Si' Movement and a Public Voices fellow with the OpEd Project, in partnership with the Yale …
Jun 7, 2023
With Franciscan sisters' $1.5 million gift, Network to take on climate lobbying
… to addressing the climate crisis that Pope Francis underscored in his 2015 encyclical, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." Integral ecology sees the current environmental, social and …
Jun 6, 2023
Catholic climate activists criticize Tanzania bishops for backing oil pipeline
… calls to abandon fossil fuels to tackle climate changes. The campaigners — members of the Laudato Si' Movement in Africa — flagged this concern days after Pope Francis urged the world to quickly …
Jun 2, 2023
Catholics lead protests against mining, oil drilling in Ecuadorian Amazon
… take part in the struggle in the future. "My biggest motivation is Pope Francis's messages in Laudato Si' . Many in the church prefer to remain in a more spiritual world, but we are called to take …
May 31, 2023
A reminder for 2023 grads: The bad is loud, but the good is pervasive
… of the well-being of the Earth to the well being and the good of all people in his encyclical, Laudato Si' . The possibilities I saw in property inspired me to co-founded my first company in 2013. …
May 30, 2023
Removal of 4 teachers at New Hampshire Catholic school pushes community into LGBTQ culture war
… Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation on family life, Amoris Laetitia, and his 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si'. NCR obtained copies of two letters from Marquis, informing two teachers their contracts …
May 30, 2023
Pentecost Sunday: Pentecost is ongoing
… As we pray Psalm 104, we celebrate all of creation as a revelation of God's very being. In " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home ," Pope Francis tells us, "From the beginning of the world ... …
May 27, 2023
Faith groups to G7 leaders: Peace requires a fossil fuel treaty
… marginalized and oppressed. This is why, in the G7's immediate aftermath, GreenFaith and the Laudato Si' Movement renewed our call to governments for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty . In the …
May 26, 2023
Eduardo Agosta Scarel
… Carmelite Fr. Eduardo Agosta Scarel is with the Laudato Si' Movement as advocacy senior advisor. …
May 25, 2023
Pope Francis ahead of COP28: Stop the 'madness' of the 'fossil fuel era'
… ultimately, public policies. Since the 2015 release of the pope's ecological encyclical, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," Czerny said the Vatican is not simply advocating a technical …
May 25, 2023
Laudato Trees planting program enlists Catholic properties to help increase DC's canopy
… a time when development poses a continuing threat to existing green spaces. One of the groups, Laudato Trees — a play on the name of Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" — has sought out Catholic locations to plant American beeches …
May 24, 2023
Last Generation climate change activists to stand trial at the Vatican
… considered an ally of environmental movements ever since he published his "green encyclical" Laudato Si' in 2015 promoting the care of creation and the fight against climate change. In a new book …
May 23, 2023
Vatican's Venice Biennale exhibit serves as a laboratory for putting Laudato Si' in action
… Christopher White … In Pope Francis' 2015 ecological encyclical, Laudato Si' , he writes that architecture should "connect, relate and favor the recognition of …
May 23, 2023
Student club, Boston College in 'antagonistic' dispute over fossil fuel divestment
… there is a moral imperative to divest, supported by Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical letter " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." According to a database kept by the Laudato Si' Movement — a …
May 18, 2023
Focolare's Run4Unity connects youth in global 'eco-relay' for climate hope
… told EarthBeat. The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, along with its Laudato Si' Action Platform, were co-sponsors of the 2023 unity runs. The action platform — an …
May 15, 2023
Willow drilling project in Alaska on thin ice, and other ironies of Biden's most recent broken climate promise
… Laudato Si' Movement U.S. Advocacy Working Group … The ironies surrounding U.S. President Joe Biden's … the light of our faith and then act accordingly. In 2015, Pope Francis' landmark encyclical Laudato Si' , "on Care for Our Common Home " entreated the entire world to pay attention to the …
May 9, 2023
Climate change is causing 'trouble in paradise' for the Pacific Island Nations
… and sustain the very lives of our Pacific Island people. Only when we embody the idea of " Laudato Si' ," where "everything is interconnected," can we start to understand the effects of the …
May 6, 2023
Despite new EPA rule to reduce pollution, Catholic activist says fight to protect communities far from over
… times the EPA's acceptable risk. Pope Francis reflected upon such impacts in his encyclical "Laudato Si'," noting, "Exposure to atmospheric pollutants produces a broad spectrum of health hazards, …
May 5, 2023
Editorial: Why have no US Catholic dioceses divested from fossil fuels?
… have announced plans to stop investing in coal, oil and gas to 65, according to data on the Laudato Si' Movement website. That list includes Catholic dioceses in Austria, Brazil, Fiji, Indonesia, …
May 2, 2023