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Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time: Life of the age to come
… life of the world to come, we will be lovingly related to the entire universe. Pope Francis' " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home " expresses the same idea by explaining that the destiny of all …
CELAM document confronts the challenges of synodality
… in the light of the Gospel and the social doctrine of the Church." Here in the U.S. where the Laudato Si' ball has been repeatedly dropped, we see how far advanced our brothers and sisters to the …
Ahead of COP27, faith leaders back global treaty to end the use of fossil fuels
… The letter is supported by two global faith-based environmental networks, GreenFaith and the Laudato Si' Movement. It will remain open to signatures until it is delivered to world leaders at COP27. …
Time to start from scratch with US bishops' 'Faithful Citizenship' document
… encyclicals that have enriched and developed Catholic social teaching: Caritas in Veritate , " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home " and Fratelli Tutti . Both popes articulate a profoundly …
Handicapping US bishops' races for president and vice president
… No hierarchy from a major, industrialized country has done less to implement the vision of Laudato Si', the pope's groundbreaking encyclical on care for creation. Last year, as some bishops wanted …
10 years after Sandy, coastal areas are still precarious — and even more populated
… area hit hard by Sandy, Lorence said. She echoed Pope Francis' call in his 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" to re-examine lifestyles, particularly the use of energy. "The …
Congolese cardinal urges Global North to lead in tackling climate crisis
… executive director of Climate Action Network International, said Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical Laudato Si' was the most inspirational message that was received ahead of COP21 in Paris. She said the …
New Jersey diocese turns to renewable energy in response to encyclical
… to use solar panels in an effort to align diocesan practice with Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," said Msgr. Joseph G. Celano, diocesan episcopal vicar for …
East African bishops hope new guidelines ramp up adoption of Laudato Si'
… to sharing them far and wide throughout churches and to Catholics across the region. The Laudato Si' implementation guidelines were launched at the closing Mass of the 20th plenary assembly of …
What Catholic colleges and universities can learn from Pope Francis
… to the need for a new way of thinking, what he often calls an "integral ecology" that, as Laudato Si’ puts it, attends to both the "cry of the earth" and the "cry of the poor." Given the …