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Working to live or living to work?
… being. The system demands that we work to live rather than live in ways that sustain planetary biodiversity and communal, mutually collaborative relationships. While we rightfully lament the …
Conservationists at Vatican conference call for protecting biodiversity
… as their economic systems and consumption habits need to radically change in order to protect biodiversity on the planet and promote a more sustainable and caring world, said participants at … heads of natural history museums, botanical gardens, zoos and aquariums along with experts in biodiversity and ecology for a conference May 13-14 on species protection. The conference came …
Eucharistic intimacy calls us to transform a destructive food system
… hands," is intimately interconnected with the "fruit of the earth," the whole of planetary biodiversity that form the very foundation of life. Yet our U.S. American way of life, including … of creation. How sensitive are we to the whole of God's creation and the intimacy of planetary biodiversity? The "fruit of the earth" and "work of human hands," ought to call to mind, heart …
Pope names relator general, special secretaries for Amazon synod
… negatively impacting the indigenous populations in the area and leading to a loss of biodiversity. …
Copy Desk Daily, April 9, 2019
… what to expect from the next Synod of Bishops in October: … Amazon synod to take on land use, biodiversity, indigenous rights … . Want to keep updated with the latest news from the National …
Young Leaders for Peace teach us to make room for difference
… border in search of life. And we fail to make room for difference when we do not protect the bio-diversity of our planet and insure the survival of our Common Home for the sake of future …
Amazon synod to take on land use, biodiversity, indigenous rights
… But the synod's preparatory document makes clear that central issues will focus on land use, biodiversity and rights of indigenous people. The region spans 2.1 million square miles across … the preparatory document stated, quoting Laudato Si' . "The Amazon is a region with rich biodiversity; it is multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, and multi-religious; it is a mirror of all …
Where science warnings fail, can moral force push us out of climate inertia?
… development projects in Africa; and undertaking a variety of planting projects to promote biodiversity and reduce emissions. Kinsey said the May plenary is expected to also produce a …
Environmentalist priest in Peru says little has changed since pope's visit
… … Religion News Service … Pope Francis' trip to Peru a year ago included a visit to a biodiverse region, where a Swiss priest has for decades sought to bring global attention to …
A 'manifesto' at World Youth Day calls attention to environment
… environmental conditions -- including the increasing of the planet's temperature, lack of biodiversity and loss of ancestral lands for indigenous people -- put the poor, youth and future …
Pope's 2019 calendar: Abuse summit, trips, mission focus all on agenda
… Service in July. "The Amazonian rivers connect the entire basin, and the rivers connect the biodiversity and the social diversity of the peoples and cultures." Meeting in Peru in January …
COP24: It's not about resources anymore; it's about moral maturity
… on an entire series of very present dangers: fire, flood, the loss of life-sustaining biodiversity, large-scale famine, immigration overflow, poverty and joblessness, for instance. …
Caring for the fragility of swamps and good government
… responsible for a "high number of ecosystem services, in addition to maintaining biodiversity." She highlights a long list of benefits that swamps provide, including but not …
NCR Podcast: Eating animals and climate change
… contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and a leading cause of deforestation, pollution and biodiversity loss, it's time to emulate them. Last month, six bishops representing episcopal …
Act like a saint, become a vegetarian
… emissions after fossil fuels and a leading cause of deforestation, water and air pollution and biodiversity loss. … To accommodate the 70 billion animals raised annually for human consumption, …
On Election Day, let us renew our care for creation, common good
… Amazon has disappeared in just 50 years. Tropical rainforests like the Amazon are "cradles of biodiversity." While rainforest cover only 6 percent of the earth, they are home to over half of the earth's biodiversity. The Amazon is considered one of the "lungs of the planet," yet deforestation and …
Pope's quotes: Renew the dialogue
… of 'debris, desolation and filth.' We must not be indifferent or resigned to the loss of biodiversity and the destruction of ecosystems, often caused by our irresponsible and selfish …
Ireland's bishops pledge to divest from fossil fuels
… Francis' environmental encyclical. A garden at St. Damian's Monastery in Dublin offered daily biodiversity talks. An "Our Common Home" tent offered daily workshops for teens and the main …
Irish pastoral worker tweets Laudato Si' to Trump, line by line
… that you can literally meditate on some passages." For her, the sections in Chapter 1 on biodiversity and Chapter 4's examination of integral ecology stood out and "really helped to …
Vatican asks for 'new ways' for access to Communion in Amazon region
… Church "to identify new paths for the evangelization of God's people" in the world's most bio-diverse region. Some speculation since has focused on whether the pontiff might wish the … region by human activity and an "extractivist mentality." "The Amazon is a region with rich biodiversity," the document states. "It is multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, and multi-religious; it …