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Sisters of the Earth Community focuses on 'largest pro-life issue' — the Earth
… of the Earth, Worcelo notes, was 16 years before Pope Francis published his encyclical " Laudato Si ', On Care for Our Common Home," about the environment, climate change and harmful hazardous …
Sculptor's static images become enduring representations of faith, spirituality
… scheduled for early 2025, Schmalz plans to resume work on a series of sculptures based on " Laudato Si’ , on Care for Our Common Home," Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical on the environment, …
Praying With Creation: What's in motion in nature around you?
… to notice that we are part of God’s creation. As Pope Francis reminds us in his encyclical " Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home ," with all creation we are "linked by unseen bonds and together …
A new story opens us to transformation in faith
… it from moving forward. We are celebrating the ninth anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si' . At last, after so many years, it seems that his message is reaching many dioceses around …
The Eucharist can recommit the faithful to care of creation, say bishops
… of Assisi, whose "Canticle of the Sun" inspired the title and text of Francis' 2015 encyclical Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home. The five-week celebration of a "Season of Creation" had first …
Always on my mind? A Catholic approach to neurotechnology and mental privacy
… which can lead to PTSD . "It is right to rejoice in these advances," Pope Francis wrote in Laudato Si' about technological innovations, "and to be excited by the immense possibilities which they …
A different kind of season, full of surprises
… Prayer for the Care of Creation , in 2015 — not to mention the publication of his encyclical Laudato Si' that same year. My third surprise: the Season of Creation has grown beyond being an …
Soaring temps a sign the planet is sick — are we listening? Pope Francis asks
… "for the Cry of the Earth" — a reference to an oft-quoted passage from his 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home ." In that papal teaching document, Francis wrote that "we have …
Praying With Creation: Come on a nature therapy walk (wherever you are)
… that is around us. As someone committed to living the tenants of Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" and the process of ecological conversion, this practice of …
Faith, business, agricultural leaders discuss ways to respond to 'cry' of Earth, the poor
… address those challenges. The Aug. 17 meeting was inspired by Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si' , On Care for Our Common Home, which focuses on care for the natural environment and all …
2-week Asia trip will test pope's health, spotlight his signature themes
… time in Indonesia to revisit some of the central themes in two of his landmark encyclicals, Laudato Si' and Fratelli Tutti . They argue that the political, economic and social problems facing the …
Q&A with Sr. Terri Schell, sharing a Catholic approach to ecology and faith
… and environmental justice and education, and have fallen in love with that work. That and Laudato S i' , too, allowed me to live out my faith tangibly, [which] was a way to put some meat … If you don't have one at your parish, they can connect you to the nearest local group. Laudato Si' Movement is an international organization, and they have all kinds of resources. It's …
The refugees who helped save a Baltimore parish are now planting seeds for its future
… people each Saturday. "The parishioners were inspired by Pope Francis' 2015 second encyclical, Laudato Si', calling for the care of our common home, resonating with St. Francis of Assisi," said …
Faith and a forest preschool help our family care for creation
… our community — and we loved it. This practice led us to dive deeper into the principles of Laudato Si' , Pope Francis' encyclical on care of our common home, as well as diving deeper into the core …
Puerto Rico parish aims to be climate resilience hub to respond to extreme storms
… by 2030 in a pastoral letter on implementing the teachings of Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical Laudato Si' in the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico. For SUN, that letter signaled the commitment …
I prayed 'lectio divina' with a pine cone
… the land was calling me and what I was called to do. It was similar to how Pope Francis in Laudato Si ' invites us to listen to a message in creation: "This contemplation of creation allows us to …
Will congestion pricing advance urban sustainability or geographic disparities?
… the plan, the Catholic governor put herself at odds with views expressed by Pope Francis in Laudato Si' , the landmark encyclical on the environment, according to Jamie Kralovec, professor of urban …
House committee accuses socially responsible investor groups of breaking antitrust law
… the section on investments related to the environment. And Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, " Laudato Si' , On Care for Our Common Home," referred to the path toward solving Earth's environmental …
PETA protesters interrupt Pope Francis' Vatican audience, call on him to denounce bullfighting
… is a sin to torture animals.” PETA has pointed out that Pope Francis wrote in his encyclical Laudato Si’ that “any act of cruelty to any creature is ‘contrary to human dignity’ and that, as early as …
Frustrated by limited opportunities for women in the church, these women got to work
… 2015, for instance, Francis issued his landmark encyclical on caring for "our common home," Laudato Si' . We set out to inform ourselves on the crisis. We began with Franciscan Sr. Ilia Delio who …