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Electronic waste: Informal economy supports thousands in Ghana slum
… landfills. We start this project to mark the one-year anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical, Laudato Si', about climate change, pollution and waste, which warns that: "The Earth, our home, is …
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… annual conference Thursday … And NCR is on the spot. June 18 is the one-year anniversary of Laudato Si! Discuss Pope Francis' encyclical at your next group meeting. … Download NCR's readers' guide …
Now is the time to start a carbon tax
… The scientific consensus on this is overwhelming, as Pope Francis noted in his encyclical Laudato Si' . Economists tell us that the easiest and most effective way to reduce carbon emissions is to …
Links for 06/09/16
… the floor. At Our Sunday Visitor , a podcast with Bishop Denis Madden on the anniversary of Laudato Si' and how he finds that encyclical resonating with his pastoral experience in inner city …
NCR honored with 11 first place awards in CPA contest
… on an international event with their coverage of Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical, “ Laudato Si’ , on Care for Our Common Home.” Salgado, who is now a staff writer for GSR, also took first …
Francis is reforming Roman Curia by circumvention
… and Rino Fisichella -- to explain his most important texts, such as Evangelii Gaudium , Laudato Si' and Amoris Laetitia . And in a stark break from Vatican custom, he gave the CDF no major role …
Morning Briefing
… message,' pope tells head of al-Azhar … Massachusetts church vigil ending after 11 years … Laudato Si' turns one year old … : Time for action Don't miss these stories at Global Sisters Report: … …
Laudato Si' turns one year old: Time for action
… Michael Sean Winters … One year ago today, Pope Francis signed his encyclical Laudato Si' . We didn't know it at the time: The encyclical was leaked on June 15 and published …
'The meeting is the message,' pope tells head of al-Azhar
… the audience, Pope Francis presented the grand imam with two gifts: a copy of his encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home" and peace medallion depicting an olive tree holding together …
'Mermaid' shifts from silly to serious
… Human beings are, to begin with, small marine environments in motion. In his encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," Pope Francis gets to the heart of the matter when he asserts, …
Donald Trump and the rights and dignity of workers
… jobs and protecting the planet, business can be "a noble vocation," as Pope Francis stated in Laudato Si' . However, Catholic social teaching has never affirmed that an "invisible hand" can work its …
Catholic social teachings call to the dignity of creation
… is wage theft. … Climate change … . Rerum Novarum is fulfilled by Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si .' Catholic social teaching has been communicated through a tradition of papal, conciliar, and …
Morning Briefing
… of resistance at a Guatemalan mine … Cardinal Parolin presents Latvian translation of Laudato Si' … Priests back Indonesia plan for ecology lessons in schools … Did I mention that we …
Book takes on the entanglements of oil
… conference that discussed global warming last July in the wake of Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si ', on Care for Our Common Home." In December, Brown attended the United Nations-sponsored …
Philippines archdiocese, concerned by coal, joins campaign to 'break free' from fossil fuels
… In a flyer advertising the Break Free event, the archdiocese stated that in his encyclical, “ Laudato Si’ , on Care for Our Common Home,” Francis “called upon all Catholics to act on climate change …
'Not two crises, but one'
… his work. In his remarks, Cardinal Turkson pointed to one of the more overlooked sections of Laudato Si' , the first anniversary of which is approaching later this month, the section on work. The …
Buddhists, Christians know eco-crisis is an 'ego-crisis,' cardinal says
… The message for 2016 was released by the Vatican Friday. Recalling Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," Tauran said the current ecological crisis is a call for a …
Church groups call attention to Puerto Rico's already-present environmental disaster
… to Pope Francis' encouragement to protect the environment as expressed in his encyclical, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." "We are here to share this moment with all these people, …
Nigerian bishop visits US to raise awareness of Christian persecution
… contribute to the stigmatization of any group. … How is Pope Francis' environmental encyclical Laudato Si' received in Nigeria, especially given the rich natural resources of Nigeria and a significant …
Rome conference looks at how jobs, development, ecology are connected
… "the need to protect employment" was one of the central themes of Francis' 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si' on care for the environment and the promotion of a "human ecology." The document affirms …