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Dioceses in southern Philippines want government to ban mining
… Lugi added. The bishops said they took their cue from Pope Francis' environmental encyclical, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home." "As stewards of the environment, we should be acting as …
In Advent, we hope and wait. Climate change doesn't lend itself to either.
… or we lose together." Pope Francis was outspoken about environmental issues in his encyclical "Laudato Si." He was not the first pope to have these concerns. Pope Benedict XVI was referred to as the …
Editorial: Climate change needs a Catholic 'both/and' solution
… Ukrainian activist Svitlana Romanko, the former zero fossil fuels campaign manager with the Laudato Si' Movement, tweeted about being forcibly removed from a COP27 event for speaking truth about …
Letters to the editor on the fall U.S. bishops' meeting
… a gift from the Holy Spirit. We don't need "Faithful Citizenship." Pope Francis has given us Laudato Si' , Fratelli Tutti , Evangelii Gaudium and numerous other statements on immigration, nuclear …
Catholics in Puerto Rico pursue solar as preferred energy solution
… bulk purchasing. González approaches the energy transition and his work spreading the Laudato Si' message with patience. "It's a process that will take time because it requires change of …
After 70 years, William Everson's 'Canticle to the Waterbirds' still sings
… The cries of Everson's waterbirds point toward the "cry of the earth" articulated in " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home ," Francis' 2015 encyclical on faith and ecology. …
Beat swords into plowshares and leaf blowers into rakes
… If the data and success stories aren’t enough to inspire action, Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si' lends some moral authority to the "ban the blowers" movement. He talks about the specific …
First Day of Advent: The unimaginable days to come
… No incense or sacrifice could make up for not heeding the cry of the orphan and widow. (In " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," Pope Francis adds Earth to this list, calling her, "burdened …
Forest rangers, local towns stop planned cut of Christmas tree for Vatican
… and nature photographer, even wrote to Pope Francis in 2020, pointing to his encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" and the importance of avoiding any unnecessary human impact on …
After COP27, we can still be rays of light for creation
… for our common home" — part of the title of Pope Francis' encyclical on faith and ecology, Laudato Si'. In these steps we see indications and actions in key places of humanity's collective …