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Pope Francis joins world faith leaders in urgent climate appeal ahead of COP26
… pandemic sent video messages. At the conclusion, each poured soil into a potted olive tree to be planted in the Vatican gardens. They met again in the afternoon to discuss how faith …
At Home in Creation: Sustaining our happy places through radical delight
… ones or colleagues. Example: Ask people about their first memory in nature, their favorite tree or pet, or where their "happy place" is physically located. Practice an "act of …
At Home in Creation: Some small green thing
… devastating towns and ending lives of countless animals who make their homes among the trees. Our fire season is not over, and unknown loss looms in the months ahead. In August, as … out the fire at last. In December I returned to witness the devastation close up. Charred trees stretched to the horizon. What once was forest was a blackened necropolis bitter with the … forest might begin to recover from such devastation. Eight summers later, blackened pillars of trees are still present, but they stand above a brushy tangle of green. Ferns and tough-leaved …
Heavenly hosts
… Jesus stuns a skeptical Nathaniel by revealing that he has seen him at prayer under a fig tree meditating on Jacob’s dream of angels ascending and descending on a ladder between heaven …
EarthBeat Weekly: The US budget bill will have consequences for the global climate, too
… the Midwest, the Catholic head of Iowa Business for Clean Energy — who describes himself as a "tree-hugging Republican" — told NCR environmental correspondent Brian Roewe that faith can …
Catholics decry fires in Brazil and their underlying causes
… can occur naturally, especially in the Cerrado, but most fires are set after people cut down trees to clear land for agriculture or ranching. "Those fires are the product of criminal …
John August Swanson lived his faith, worked for a better world through art
… Every detail of his work reveals the inbreaking of the beauty and justice of God's kingdom. A tree, the sun, a ladder; these are not mere objects. They are imbued with life through layers …
Central Europe trip was about honoring roots, moving forward, pope says
… what I've said many times — the verse that is so beautiful — 'All that is blooming on the tree comes to it from what it has underground,'" the pope said. …
At Home in Creation: Fighting for life and clean air in Cancer Alley
… back and forth. About three or four birds, looked like they were having fun, going from one tree to the next. And it's so nice to see those red birds. I said, "I wonder what that means?" …
For Iowa Catholic business leader, faith is powerful motivation for climate action
… Brian Roewe … A Catholic business leader in Iowa who describes himself as a "tree-hugging Republican" believes faith can be a powerful motivation for business owners to make …
At Home in Creation: God is as close as your next breath
… of Jesus and the disciples. These same molecules have passed through the Earth's lungs, the trees and plants, who have turned the carbon dioxide we exhale into oxygen for our next breath. …