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Laudato Si' documentary puts a human face on climate change, director says
… for Our Earth" is a new documentary about the pope's 2015 encyclical, or papal letter, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." The film, a joint project of Off the Fence Productions …
At trial, Vatican auditor says he was shocked by misuse of funds
… even considered, since the proposal "was contrary to the environmental criteria contained in 'Laudato Si','" Francis' encyclical on the environment. During the court session Sept. 28, Fabrizio …
Links: Anti-synod sentiment; child poverty; the limits of polling data
… yes? Pope Francis' understanding of the ambivalence of "progress," of its limits, detailed in Laudato Si' and Fratelli Tutti , is a lot more incisive. So was Pope Benedict XVI's in Caritas in …
Fresh off Inflation Reduction Act win, Catholic groups push to further environmental justice
… to the cry of the Earth — a reference to a key message in Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home " — it does not adequately respond to the cry of the …
Catholic teaching on the human person points a way forward in US politics
… As I already noted, Pope Francis raises the specter of the "culture of relativism" when, in Laudato Si' , he sees it as "the same disorder which drives one person to take advantage of another, to …
Pope meets prelates attending weeklong course for new bishops
… and promoting care for all people and for the environment with special attention to "Laudato Si'" and "Fratelli Tutti." While the course offers practical information to the bishops …
Controversies in Catholic education prompt collection on conscience
… render nonhuman creation grievable." His ideas about forming consciences along the lines of Laudato Si' are important. Other essays are problematic. Jesuit Fr. James Keenan considers vulnerability …
More than 600 faith leaders urge EPA to draft new clean car standards
… vehicles and clean cars have been popular gifts to Pope Francis , who in his encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" outlined the "urgent need" to replace fossil fuels with …
Non-diocesan Catholic groups submit their own synod reports to the US bishops
… Climate Covenant this year, people from more than 25 states shared how they had implemented Laudato Si' action plans. But efforts to carry out Pope Francis' ecological vision were often the results …
Laudato Si' message gets added attention as Season of Creation opens
… addressing the concept of integral ecology as expressed by Pope Francis in his encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." Such efforts are important, he said, because people must …
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Our wounded creation
… protect life; as Francis says, it is our call to " 'protect mankind from self-destruction' " ( Laudato Si' , Paragraph 79) Francis adds: "Living our vocation to be protectors of God's handiwork … is …