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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 …
Pope Francis' tenure isn't over. In fact, themes of his pontificate are now starting to gel.
… Officials who have been hard at work implementing the integral ecological vision of Laudato Si' talk about the importance of synodality to their work. Curial officials who are …
Bishops urge listening to the call of the earth during Season of Creation
… home which God has entrusted to us,'" the bishops said, quoting Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." While such efforts give the bishops hope, they said the …
With floods and fires raging, Season of Creation invites Christians to listen to nature's cries
… was selected by an ecumenical steering committee that includes the World Council of Churches, Laudato Si' Movement, Lutheran World Federation, World Methodist Council and the Vatican Dicastery for …
St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese creates Season of Creation calendar of prayers, actions
… the season, the same year the pope wrote his encyclical on faith and the environment, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." In his encyclical, Francis calls on people to address …
'We are part of a living nature': Parallels in pope's, Indigenous views of humanity's relationship with creation
… of both ecological and Indigenous issues, which are also reflected in his 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home ." Patiachi and two other Indigenous women who took part in the …
I attended a global meeting of Jesuit educators. Here's what I learned about our global responsibility as Catholics.
… group on Economic and Environmental Justice shared how Jesuit institutions could become "Laudato Si' universities" by adopting Pope Francis' 7-Year Journey Toward Integral Ecology and …