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Latinos play an important role in environmental movement, Georgetown panel says
… Boff’s 1997 book, which Pope Francis also referenced in his 2015 environmental encyclical Laudato Si ’. Francis “appeals for a new awareness and dialogue about how we are shaping the future of …
In God's waiting room, creatures great and small cultivate hope together
… lonely people. On the day before Pentecost, the end of Christian Unity Week and the start of Laudato Si' Week, I held a simple interdenominational prayer service. Some residents from different …
Calif. Catholic college says new energy independence plan models 'creative' stewardship
… caring for the environment through his apostolic exhortation "Laudate Deum" and encyclical "Laudato Si'." With Pope Francis' frequent calls to protect the environment, bishops' conferences, …
Q&A with Laudato Si' Movement's Susana Réfega, on global elections, fossil fuel treaty and more
… Susana Réfega is monitoring closely. In January, she became executive director of the Laudato Si' Movement , a network of 900-plus Catholic institutions worldwide that for nearly a …
In CBS interview, Francis calls climate change 'a road to death,' chastises 'foolish' deniers
… resides. The broadcast of the interview in the U.S. happened to align with the start of Laudato Si' Week, the annual Vatican-led celebration marking Francis' 2015 encyclical on ecology, " …
New EPA drinking water standards may help US ensure access to safe water
… to safe drinkable water," Pope Francis said in his milestone 2015 ecological encyclical Laudato Si' , "is a basic and universal human right, since it is essential to human survival and, as …
We are all called to be contemplative. Our planet needs it.
… mullet, ospreys and other countless creatures led to my work decades later, today, at the Laudato Si' Movement. The burning desire to protect what I had fallen in love with manifested in a …
Sometimes I need to tell the story to remind me of who I am
… to Christ evolving in my heart. I consider myself a "Teilhardian Catholic in the spirit of Laudato Si' ," as Mary Evelyn Tucker expressed it . With this as my context, I have reaffirmed my desire …
Christina Leaño
… Christina Leaño serves as the associate director of the Laudato Si' Movement, a global movement of individuals and organizations inspiring and mobilizing …
Church members help people displaced by Brazil floods, form solidarity networks for assistance
… at least 6,000 families have been affected in the countryside. "Pope Francis's encyclical Laudato Si' '' gave us an important warning. But few people listened to him, even in the church," he …
How contemplation is making me a better climate activist
… corporation. What have I done? Read Pope Francis' encyclical on care for our common home, Laudato Si' , slowly develop a simpler lifestyle, drive less — and pray. Climate work can be daunting. …
New Teilhard de Chardin film produces thoughtful, inspiring biography
… influence on the Second Vatican Council is well documented, anyone who has read and studied " Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home " will recognize Pope Francis' own high regard for Teilhard's …
New York's St. Francis Xavier redefines acceptance in the Catholic Church
… on the sacrament of Eucharist, a program on Pope Francis' 2015 environmental encyclical, Laudato Si' , and discussions about how to accept their children's gender and sexual identities. Once a …
Brave new transhuman world? Ethical questions to consider amid AI advances
… "spell the end of the human race." This tragic end might come about, as Francis warns in " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," through a "technocracy … which sees no special value in human …
Despite economic interests, society must embrace social justice, pope says
… by the liberal, leading economy," he said. Organized by “The Future of Work, Labor after Laudato Si’” project, the International Catholic Migration Commission and the Dicastery for Promoting …
Holy See should champion Action for Climate Empowerment fund at COP29
… the Vatican's framework for ecological education, specifically as one of the goals under the Laudato Si' Action Platform , a seven-year initiative led by the Vatican to encourage responses to Pope …
John Leo Algo
… John Leo Algo is the deputy executive director for programs and campaigns of Living Laudato Si' Philippines. He is also the national coordinator of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas, …
Inspired by Laudato Si', Catholics in Bangladesh work to protect environment
… less than 0.5% of the population in Bangladesh, groups inspired by Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si' are responding to environmental degradation in the country with conservation efforts. … …
Pittsburgh parish creation care group hosts Earth Day fair
… relating the history of Pittsburgh's steel and iron works to Pope Francis' call to action in Laudato Si' . Known for over a century as the "city of smoke," Pittsburgh experienced a thick haze of …
Pope responds with 'open heart' to Vatican document criticism from parents of LGBTQ children
… Network of Parents of LGBTI+ Persons, drew a comparison to when before the release of " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," the pope's 2015 encyclical on the environment, the Vatican …