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Florida bishop concerned US won't meet carbon emission goals after Trump order
… encouraged and not hindered," he said. In his statement, the bishop cited Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," which focuses attention on "the cry of the earth and the cry …
A memoir of loss and the natural world
… and pesticides. That’s McCarthy’s point, and it is echoed in Pope Francis’ encyclical “ Laudato Si’ , on Care for Our Common Home,” which came out a few months after McCarthy’s book was …
Climate policy: Trump should talk to Pope Francis
… Trump could learn a lot by consulting with Pope Francis, who wrote the landmark encyclical, Laudato Si’, on the importance of preserving our natural environment. Francis, like Trump, is not a …
At 50, 'Populorum Progressio' takes on new life through Pope Francis
… Gospel" ( Evangelii Gaudium ) and his encyclical on the environment and human development, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," he reminds the human family of the social responsibilities to …
Francis talks feminism with global moral theologian network
… Francis' apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia , the moral teachings behind his encyclical Laudato Si' , and differing Catholic perspectives on feminism. Jesuit Fr. Jim Keenan, one of three …
Trump's immoral budget
… should be expected to explain how these cuts cohere with the Holy Father's teaching in Laudato Si' . "This isn't a budget that will make America great again. Instead, it's a budget …
How Donald Trump has helped me appreciate Pope Francis
… dismantles regulations designed to protect the environment, I can instead read “ Laudato Si’ ,” the pope’s encyclical on the environment in which he urges us to hear “both the …
Vatican investment conference explores clean energy 'for our common home'
… otherwise, to resolve the climate crisis. The tagline for the Jan. 27 conference — titled “ Laudato Si’ & Catholic Investing: Clean Energy for our Common Home” — came by way of the October 2015 …
Cardinal Cupich: Francis is giving new life to Vatican II reforms
… 25, 2015. (CNS/Paul Haring) … The pope has focused a lot on collaboration and consultation. In Laudato Si' he cited many different bishops' conferences. Amoris Laetitia was released after two Synods …
Recovery of faith in a new direction
… Christian particulars about a God who lies as a helpless infant at his feet. Pope Francis in “ Laudato Si’ , on Care for Our Common Home” has invited us to hear the cry of the poor and the cry of the …
Pope receives electric car, as studies for an all-renewables Vatican underway
… align its capital with the goals of Francis' encyclical on the environment and human ecology " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." Taken together, the studies hope to show that such …
Asia-Oceania Meeting of Religious inspires eco-citizens
… conference's theme, "A Call for Global Ecological Conversion," used Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home " and his papal bull, Misericordia Vultus , which introduced …
Five great achievements of Pope Francis' first four years
… global warming may be the most important moral issue of the 21st century. In his encyclical, Laudato Si ' , the pope tells us that "Living our vocation to be protectors of God's handiwork is …
'Moving is built into our genes; it's part of us'
… the Council for Justice and Peace, where he worked on human rights and the 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home ." The interview has been edited for clarity and length. … NCR … …
Myanmar's Cardinal Bo calls for 'green theology of liberation'
… cry against this impending disaster," Bo said. Bo cited the pope's environmental encyclical, " Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home ," in which Francis quoted Eastern Orthodox Patriarch …
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
… to bring the whole human family together to seek a sustainable ... development” of our world ( Laudato Si’ , On Care for Our Common Home #13). Jesus oriented the freshmen disciples, the course Francis …
At inaugural conference, Spanish-speaking scholars focus on globalization, exclusion
… connect ourselves, by helping each other with realities we've already tackled … That's what Laudato Si' [Francis' 2015 encyclical on the environment] is about: everything is connected. We're all …
Catholics continue to press Trump on climate change
… and ideologically driven debate on climate change, citing Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," in which he affirmed the view that while natural …
In powerful speech, San Diego bishop challenges organizers to disrupt, rebuild
… point for transformative justice" and served as the backbone of Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si' , on the Care for Our Common Home," McElroy added, but "has seldom been more difficult in our …
Planet Earth is next on Trump's target list
… So, it may be time for Pope Francis to re-emphasize the teachings he put forward in Laudato Si' , his landmark encyclical on the environment issued in 2015 . And it's past time for …