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Rebutting the prebuttals of 'Amoris Laetitia'
… Michael Sean Winters … As was the case with Laudato Si’ , there is already widespread speculation and some early spin about Amoris Laetitia , …
Maryland parish among Catholic supporters of new state emissions reduction act
… low-income, minority and rural communities. Offering aspects of Pope Francis’ encyclical “ Laudato Si’ , on Care for Our Common Home” relevant to the legislation, the conference said the pope …
Catholic coalition files amicus brief backing Clean Power Plan
… justice. "The Clean Power Plan helps all of us answer Pope Francis's call in his encyclical, Laudato Si' ," Dan Misleh, executive director of Catholic Climate Covenant, said in a statement. Sr. …
Six things to look for in 'Amoris Laetitia'
… homes because of civil conflict, how can we expect family life to prosper? In his encyclical Laudato Si’ , Pope Francis condemned the economic and political causes of environmental pollution; don’t …
Pope’s quotes: Mining sectors
… minerals are fundamental to many sectors of human life and activity. In the Encyclical ' Laudato Si' ' I wished to make an urgent appeal for collaboration in the care of our common home, …
Take and Read: The Interior Castle
… even about the "new and universal solidarity" that Pope Francis recently called for in his " Laudato Si' : On Care for Our Common Home." In this reflection, I will try to capture some of these …
How many Jesuits does it take to change a light bulb?
… Reese … At the end of January, I wrote a column describing my efforts to concretely implement Laudato Si’ , the pope’s environmental encyclical, by insulating the heating and water pipes in the …
Please, leave Easter on nature’s time
… matter I can’t believe Francis and I would be on different sides. Throughout his encyclical “ Laudato Si’ , on Care for Our Common Home” he attempts to help the world reorient toward a deeper …
C'mon, get happy: Denmark leads in latest global happiness index
… development: economic, social and environmental. He likens Pope Francis’ encyclical “ Laudato Si’ , on Care for Our Common Home” to the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals -- adopted …
Pope Francis and his predecessors
… at a conference organized to examine the ideas of integral ecology that are at the heart of Laudato Si' and, indeed, ideas that are found throughout Catholic Social Teaching going back to Pope Leo …
'Laudato Si'' initiative in California archdiocese looks at how to 'green' parishes
… Christina Gray … Catholic News Service … In the final chapter of his 2015 encyclical letter, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," Pope Francis said "individual conversion" and "community …
Mercy, globetrotting and our global home: recapping Francis' third year as pope
… indigenous, blames those 'intoxicated by power' … All stories on Francis’ visit to Mexico … Laudato Si', … the environmental encyclical … 20150702cnsbr0276 [laudato si].jpg Copies of Pope Francis' …
Why seal hunting may come back to bite humans
… comes back to bite humanity as well. Pope Francis’ magisterial work of ecological theology, Laudato Si’ could not have been more explicit about the interrelatedness of human and nonhuman. The pope …
Eco-theologian Fr. Sean McDonagh: Don't let this 'Laudato Si'' moment pass
… 10-day speaking tour of the East Coast focused on his new book on Pope Francis’ encyclical, “ Laudato Si’ , on Care for Our Common Home.” The book, similarly titled On Care for Our Common Home and …
Elizabeth Donnelly passes on the faith to her three daughters
… to action to combat climate change, especially after Pope Francis' compelling encyclical, Laudato Si'. … Have you been able to practice faith as a family? … Yes, by attending Mass together, …
The Problem of Indifference
… Lent last year, highlighted as a primary obstacle to the "ecological conversion" called for in Laudato Si' , a point of emphasis in his visit to the U.S. last fall, the focal theme of his 2016 World …
At Catholic Worker house, Sr. Elizabeth Johnson explores human kinship with God's creation
… the earth by focusing on God who loves the earth. Johnson said that Pope Francis’ encyclical “ Laudato Si’ , on Care for Our Common Home” offers a religious vision of environmental coexistence that is …
Pope Francis should win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize
… But Pope Francis has not limited his outreach to just Catholics or even Christians. In Laudato Si , Pope Francis is addressing every person on the planet, knowing that we have a …
Global Lenten carbon fast returns to US on Thursday
… coalition of Catholic organizations drew inspiration from Pope Francis, in his encyclical “ Laudato Si’ , on Care for Our Common Home,” and his prayer intention for February, where he asked “that …
On climate issue, Catholics urged to feel pain of the planet, the poor
… last week in the Vatican's efforts to promote Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." In addition to being a scriptural scholar, Turkson is …