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How to confront despair about the coming effects of climate change
… In 2015, Pope Francis surveyed the scientific literature in his groundbreaking encyclical Laudato Si' . There was no real doubt about the science of climate change then, and still less is there …
To advance climate action, enter political fray and center working-class people
… and climate change reversal as two separate tasks. Rather, he says in his 2015 encyclical, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home ," "Strategies for a solution demand an integrated approach to …
Revise a self-centered spirituality with this daily ecological examen
… they aspire to something on the scale of a new cosmology. Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, " Laudato Si' , On Care for Our Common Home," provides just that: It rereads the Catholic tradition, from …
Prebuttals to the synod have begun, and they don't persuade
… scriptural and doctrinal basis for a Catholic approach to climate issues in his encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home " in a manner that no U.N. committee would have thought …
Reaching for mango: A gay Filipino American Catholic considers the synodal church
… arm in your armpit. Abraham applied the saying to the church's reception of the encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," noting that if the church wants to reach up for a …
How my Catholic faith and Mohawk heritage teach me to embrace sustainable living
… Shauna'h Fuegen … For many Catholics, the 2015 publication of Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" was a watershed moment. In it, Francis reminds us that care …
Irish bishops ask parishes to conserve 30% of property for pollinators, biodiversity
… pollinators and biodiversity. The initiative is a response to Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, " Laudato Si ', on Care for Our Common Home ," the impending loss of biodiversity and agreements made at …
Wildfires have always occurred, but experts say warming climate is increasing severity
… that make it easier for wildfires to start. Pope Francis cautioned in his encyclical Laudato Si' that "a very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are presently witnessing a …
Despite pope's pleas, survey finds US Catholics support fossil fuel expansion more than rest of country
… Church, Pope Francis has spoken frequently and forcefully, including in his 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," about the need for nations to move away from fossil fuels and …
Church of England divests from fossil fuels
… fuel divestment as an option for Catholic institutions on several occasions, including in its Laudato Si' Action Platform and in guidelines for implementing Francis' 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , …
New book explores papal interpretations of 'signs of the times'
… in which to embody the proclamation of the Gospel." In his groundbreaking 2015 encyclical Laudato Si' the Holy Father states why he is adopting an inductive approach: Theological and …