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Church helps mining community evolve in dark, warming Arctic
… institution in Longyearbyen that he hopes to run as "green" as possible, including with solar panels. For several months in the spring and summer, the sun never sets in Svalbard, just …
Feb 2, 2023
In 'To the End,' four women of color fight to preserve our planet
… she exclaims, recalling what feels like a baptism. "This isn't about whether we switch to solar panels. It is first and foremost a spiritual battle." This encapsulates why the film has …
Jan 27, 2023
Catholic organization helps Mozambique prepare for and adapt to climate impacts
… Caritas has also been supporting cleaner energy infrastructure in Mozambique by installing solar-powered boreholes for those resettled in safe zones. About 60% of Mozambique's 33.3 million …
Jan 24, 2023
Catholics prioritize climate work amid Nigerian elections, but campaigners say it's off the agenda
… should be attached to the climate change agenda for the country, covers ambitious programs in solar expansion and a doubling of gas power generation among other cleaner energy sources. Yet it …
Jan 19, 2023
How Catholic institutions are building sustainability into aging infrastructure
… table and a statue of the school mascot, Rock E. Hawk. There's also consideration of adding solar panels to Sedgwick's roof. "This building's been here for 108 years, and the goal was to … . The $6 million project has expanded the retreat center to now accommodate 50 bedrooms. A new solar panel canopy sits atop carports at the monastery and provides nearly 100% of electricity for the Immaculate Conception Monastery. The solar project was designed and completed through the Catholic Climate Covenant's Catholic …
Jan 10, 2023
The unexpected way Pope Benedict helped me learn to pray with all creation
… Vatican declared pollution among the "social sins" of the world and in 2008 installed 2,700 solar panels on the roof of the Paul VI auditorium. The late pope's World Day of Peace address on …
Jan 5, 2023
The first green pope: How Benedict's eco-theology paved the way for Francis
… the glimmer of sunlight reflecting off the roof of a nearby building. The source, 2,400 solar panels atop the Paul VI Audience Hall, stands as a lasting symbol at the Vatican of the … papacy, which ended in 2013, when he became the first pope to resign in 600 years. The solar array and a hybrid popemobile were among visible actions taken by Benedict that led him to … his later years, he famously adopted use of a hybrid popemobile , and expressed a desire for a solar-powered model. In 2007, a month after the Vatican announced the solar array for the Paul VI …
Jan 4, 2023
Inflation Reduction Act clause makes it easier for churches to go green
… (the Diocese of) Richmond is doing a lot and (the Diocese of) Arlington's doing a lot of solar and energy-efficiency projects. (The Archdiocese of) New York is doing some. But a lot of … dioceses aren't focused on this yet." Parishes may be gung-ho over the prospect of installing solar panels, but "at a diocesan level it does need a buy-in from the bishop, that's for sure," … for the Passionists out of New York. We're talking to folks in Puerto Rico about residential solar projects." In Florida, where most of the state's electricity is generated from coal-fired …
Dec 9, 2022
In Advent, we hope and wait. Climate change doesn't lend itself to either.
… to have these concerns. Pope Benedict XVI was referred to as the "green pope" after he had solar panels installed on the roof of the papal audience hall. Both liberal and conservative …
Dec 3, 2022
Catholics in Puerto Rico pursue solar as preferred energy solution
… but many people across the rural municipality of Adjuntas never lost power thanks to local solar infrastructure. After Casa Pueblo made headlines for maintaining power at its headquarters … during Hurricane Maria in 2017, the community environmental organization installed solar power infrastructure throughout Adjuntas — at the firehouse, grocery stores, local …
Dec 1, 2022
Pope tells patriarch Catholics are ready for a common Easter date
… is what Christians used in the fourth century, was increasingly out of sync with the actual solar year, so March 21 -- generally assumed to be the date of the Northern Hemisphere's spring …
Nov 21, 2022
Zambia's Youth Climate Champions fight for climate mitigation with Catholic support
… youth with climate-smart, income-generating projects such as selling and distributing solar products to wean them off relying on deforestation and charcoal burning for income. Mwene …
Nov 8, 2022
New Jersey diocese turns to renewable energy in response to encyclical
… Tara Smith … Catholic News Service … Solar panels and energy-efficient equipment have come to a school, parishes and even the Pastoral … Metuchen, New Jersey. Immaculata High School in Somerville is the first in the diocese to use solar panels in an effort to align diocesan practice with Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si' …
Oct 13, 2022
Links: Runoff vote in Brazil; rewilding a river; Waffle House and Hurricane Ian
… of Fort Myers, and which was designed in an environmentally conscious way, 100% reliant on solar power, and with streets designed to direct floodwaters away from homes. It came through Ian …
Oct 4, 2022
Links: Anti-synod sentiment; child poverty; the limits of polling data
… funding its war in Ukraine, Poles are "de-Russifying" their energy sources and switching to solar and other green energy sources. Never let a crisis go to waste. Let's hope the U.S. …
Sep 29, 2022
Laudato Si' message gets added attention as Season of Creation opens
… I using the gift." Such understanding of Scripture has led the parish to install more than 400 solar panels on the church, classrooms, rectory and administrative offices beginning in 2019. It is the first Virginia parish to be 100% solar . Immaculate Conception parishioners also have contributed funds to provide 11,000 trees … to clean water or electricity. "I call this over-the-horizon experiences. What I mean is the solar panels will last 35 years. The trees are good for 50 years and the water filters are …
Sep 6, 2022
Cardinal-designate McElroy has long commitment to Laudato Si', environment
… they've also acted quite a bit on it." More than half of parishes in San Diego have installed solar panels, and the diocese recently joined the Vatican's Laudato Si' Action Platform … Si' was issued, he encouraged churches in San Diego to explore the possibility of installing solar panels. So far, 58 of the 97 parishes have done so, as have two high schools and the pastoral center, which draws 80% of its electricity from solar panels. In addition, roughly 10% of parishes have established and active creation care …
Aug 25, 2022
Climate protesters target the Vatican's Laocoon statue
… jurisdiction in Vatican City. The protesters are demanding the Italian government increase its solar and wind power and stop exploring for natural gas and reopening old coal mines in Italy. …
Aug 22, 2022
Links: Wyoming primary results; Trump's legal problems; religion and culture wars
… in the fight against climate change, it is hard to imagine a place with more latent wind and solar power than Puerto Rico, and where the energy grid is inadequate and outdated as well. With …
Aug 18, 2022
Historic climate law, signed by Biden, has Catholic fingerprints all over it
… and manufacturing, and seeks to spur U.S. development of the materials, minerals and parts for solar panels, wind turbines, batteries and other components critical in the transition to … aim to assist people to install clean energy and efficiency upgrades at home, including solar panels and heat pumps, and income-limited tax credits to purchase electric vehicles. It …
Aug 18, 2022