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Marking the 20th anniversary of a social justice and peace encyclical
… Tony Magliano … While Pope Francis' new encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care of our Common Home" is enjoying wide publicity, few people are aware this …
Francis offers embrace to all upon landing in Ecuador
… quoted extensively from the pope's own writings, especially his recent ecological encyclical Laudato Si' . Correa praised the pope's focus on family issues, his calls against continuing global …
Ecuadorians hope pope gives tough talk, encourages church 'shake-up'
… in the Yasuni Park. She said she hopes Francis could point to his new ecological encyclical, Laudato Si' , "to make our government understand that what [Correa] is doing to our environment is not …
Morning Briefing
… treatment of the poor … Rome, Italy -- … Vatican-sponsored conferences further unpack 'Laudato Si'' from frames of farming, climate … Laudato Si’ . . . a Call to Contemplation … 3 …
Iowa bishop to presidential candidates: It’s time to talk climate change
… and food and water shortages. He stated that Pope Francis in his environmental encyclical “ Laudato Si’ , on Care for Our Common Home ,” affirmed the scientific consensus that climate change is …
Catholic economist: Pope Francis has 'measured' critique of US economy
… by including them in the economy, he said. Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," took up the same themes and extended his reflection to the …
Vatican-sponsored conferences further unpack 'Laudato Si'' from frames of farming, climate
… the Vatican this week have sought to further unpack Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical, “ Laudato Si’ , on Care for Our Common Home,” from the context of climate change and the frame of farming. …
Pope Francis' environmental encyclical gets waylaid in West Virginia
… Michael Iafrate … Pope Francis' encyclical, " Laudato Si' , on Care of our Common Home ," comes just as the Appalachian Catholic community …
The future of the planet
… And when folks raise their voices to lay blame, who listens? Pope Francis' lovely encyclical Laudato Si' in no uncertain terms connects abuse of the environment with abuse of the poor. Francis cites …
Morning Briefing
… … : Commentary by Franciscan Sr. Ilia Delio: … Lex credendi, lex vivendi : A response to Laudato Si' … The latest blog from staff writer Dawn Cherie Araujo: … Changing racism … Catholic sisters …
Chicago archbishop: Church should work through social changes together
… after meeting Francis in person for the first time Friday; the new ecological encyclical, Laudato Si' ; and a recent trip to Ukraine as a part of a U.S. bishops' delegation alongside Kurtz. The …
Lex credendi, lex vivendi: A response to 'Laudato Si''
… Pope Francis has issued an encyclical that picks up where White left off. His magnum opus " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home " is a work of breadth and depth. Pope Francis has paid close …
Bill McKibben: Pope’s encyclical gives everyone ‘marching orders’ on climate
… and as a life giving element,” Gomes said. Discussing Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical, Laudato Si ’, the auxiliary bishop said it “brings us to a global understanding of the problem. It goes …
Irish conference hears message: Climate action requires 'new era of solidarity'
… Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace on the first draft of Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si ', on Care for Our Common Home." Due to climate change, the sixth mass extinction of life on …
Pope Francis' visits to Cuba, US to highlight families, charity, tolerance
… the pope may bring up some of the points he made in his recent environmental encyclical, Laudato Si' , given that world nations will come together just a few months later for the United Nations …
Thousands march in Rome to show support for Pope Francis' eco-encyclical
… Catholic Climate Movement The event came 10 days after the release of Francis’ encyclical , “ Laudato Si’ , on Care for Our Common Home,” in which he rallied against rich nations for their feeble …
Secular society and religious communities find common ground in 'Laudato Si''
More than a week out, we can look back and see the ripples caused by the drop of Pope Francis' timely encyclical letter on care for our common home. The bishop of Rome has made just enough waves to leave the world asking: Could this be the thing that brings people of faith and nonreligious together? I was at a Baskin-Robbins earlier this week and ran into participants of a conference with NextGen…
New San Diego bishop speaks of a church that 'banishes judgmentalism'
… the encyclical … McElroy also expressed high praise for Francis' new ecological encyclical , " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," calling it a "very powerful and skillful unveiling" of the …
A readers' guide to 'Laudato Si''
… Reese … One of the many marvelous things about Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home ," is that it is written in a very accessible style. It does …
'Laudato Si'' a plea for Christianity to be taken seriously in ecological debates
… Nicholas Collura … I've already reflected on the prophetic edge of Ladauto Si' ; now I'd like to balance that reflection by considering its extraordinary positive … I couldn't articulate better than Jay Michaelson does how "theologically revolutionary" Laudato Si' really is -- how its "radically anti-fundamentalist biblical hermeneutic," its …