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EarthBeat Weekly: On Native American Heritage Day, honoring America's Indigenous peoples
… on a just transition to clean energy and a more sustainable world. When the Vatican's Laudato Si' Action Platform launched, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, in Ohio, knew that their …
Meet the US ecologist who explained to Pope Francis why coral reefs are crucial for the planet
… meeting in which Francis talked with people involved in a film based on his 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." The film, of which excerpts were premiered at a New York …
Ohio congregation looks to martyred nun Stang as guide to implementing Laudato Si'
… Barbara Fraser … Even before the official launch of the Laudato Si' Action Platform, the global program for putting Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical into …
Once undocumented, now he's running for mayor and hoping to help fix Honduras
… stand in direct contradistinction to the principles laid out in Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si' , of "concern for the good of all citizens, especially of the most vulnerable, as well as for …
EarthBeat Weekly: 'The Earth is speaking; she tells us we have no more time'
… waiting for politicians to act , but are taking action themselves, write Tomás Insua of the Laudato Si' Movement and Dan Misleh of Catholic Climate Covenant in a commentary. One avenue for action …
Editorial: COP26 shortcomings point to mission for all Catholics
… while enabling those who have less to reach a decent standard of living. Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" calls us to an ecological conversion, and the Laudato Si' …
People of faith are not waiting for politicians to act on climate change
… 14, the Vatican's Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development officially launched the Laudato Si' Action Platform, which Pope Francis has invited the universal church to join. The Laudato Si' …
Latin American church looks to change system that puts 'existence at risk'
… and focus more attention on trends under way since Pope Francis released his encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" in 2015. "The assembly will build on what the church put …
COP26 climate summit made progress but came up short, Catholic agencies say
… Some would call it a 'compromise' [or] a 'balanced outcome,' " Lorna Gold, board chair of the Laudato Si' Movement, told EarthBeat. "Sadly, a rapidly changing climate does not react to such human …
Official launch of Laudato Si' Action Platform offers Catholics concrete steps toward sustainable lifestyles
… Brian Roewe … The long-anticipated Laudato Si' Action Platform officially launched Nov. 14, paving the way for any Catholic … response from the Catholic Church to turn the pope's prophetic words in his 2015 encyclical, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," into actions that can help stave off catastrophic …
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Apocalyptic times call us to act
… remember that crises create our context, but they don't define us. As Pope Francis says in " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," "How wonderful is the certainty that each human life is not …
EarthBeat Weekly: COP26 results are still too little, though perhaps not too late
… church has essentially ignored climate change, and care for creation in general, even since Laudato Si' . Instead, it myopically continues to focus on abortion — admittedly another morally grave …