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How contemplation is making me a better climate activist
… corporation. What have I done? Read Pope Francis' encyclical on care for our common home, Laudato Si' , slowly develop a simpler lifestyle, drive less — and pray. Climate work can be daunting. …
New Teilhard de Chardin film produces thoughtful, inspiring biography
… influence on the Second Vatican Council is well documented, anyone who has read and studied " Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home " will recognize Pope Francis' own high regard for Teilhard's …
New York's St. Francis Xavier redefines acceptance in the Catholic Church
… on the sacrament of Eucharist, a program on Pope Francis' 2015 environmental encyclical, Laudato Si' , and discussions about how to accept their children's gender and sexual identities. Once a …
Brave new transhuman world? Ethical questions to consider amid AI advances
… "spell the end of the human race." This tragic end might come about, as Francis warns in " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," through a "technocracy … which sees no special value in human …
Despite economic interests, society must embrace social justice, pope says
… by the liberal, leading economy," he said. Organized by “The Future of Work, Labor after Laudato Si’” project, the International Catholic Migration Commission and the Dicastery for Promoting …
Holy See should champion Action for Climate Empowerment fund at COP29
… the Vatican's framework for ecological education, specifically as one of the goals under the Laudato Si' Action Platform , a seven-year initiative led by the Vatican to encourage responses to Pope …
John Leo Algo
… John Leo Algo is the deputy executive director for programs and campaigns of Living Laudato Si' Philippines. He is also the national coordinator of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas, …
Inspired by Laudato Si', Catholics in Bangladesh work to protect environment
… less than 0.5% of the population in Bangladesh, groups inspired by Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si' are responding to environmental degradation in the country with conservation efforts. … …
Pittsburgh parish creation care group hosts Earth Day fair
… relating the history of Pittsburgh's steel and iron works to Pope Francis' call to action in Laudato Si' . Known for over a century as the "city of smoke," Pittsburgh experienced a thick haze of …
Pope responds with 'open heart' to Vatican document criticism from parents of LGBTQ children
… Network of Parents of LGBTI+ Persons, drew a comparison to when before the release of " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," the pope's 2015 encyclical on the environment, the Vatican …
Editorial: Finally, (some) US dioceses are taking the pope's climate message seriously
… NCR Editorial Staff … Nine years after the publication of Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," four years following the announcement of the …
The Vatican should do more to influence UN climate action
… us to awaken to the calamities of our collective behavior. Most famously, his encyclical Laudato Si' and subsequent apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum weave together the challenges of climate …
Vatican's own gender ideology makes 'Dignitas Infinita' incoherent
… careful, nuanced, and transformative theological work of Lumen Fidei , Evangelii Gaudium , Laudato Si' or Fratelli Tutti . Rather, Dignitas Infinita fails to treat women and transgender persons …
Lexington Diocese, in heart of coal country, commits to net-zero emissions
… crisis" that served as a briefer and more pointed follow-up to his landmark 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." In the time since the encyclical's release, Francis wrote …
Saving the Earth requires new images of God, says feminist theologian Elizabeth Johnson
… obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God." She also quotes Pope Francis in " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," which affirms that "eternal life will be a shared experience …
Synod adviser: Pope Francis more interested in big discussions than specific issues
… of papal documents by Francis — specifically, his 2015 encyclical on the environment, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" and his 2016 exhortation Amoris Laetitia ("The Joy of the …
Ave Maria professor: Earth Day needs Catholics' full engagement and hopeful vision
… only one-third are apparently aware of Pope Francis' landmark 2015 environmental encyclical, Laudato Si' . Pew Research Center also reports 41% of regular Mass attendees in 2022 said there is no …
In the Philippines, Catholic priests tackle plastic waste brick by brick
… of women and men religious around the world. The Philippine order is also enrolled in the Laudato Si' Action Platform , a Vatican initiative where Catholic institutions create seven-year …
New book takes readers 'On Retreat With Pope Francis'
… moment," with extinction a real possibility. Ivereigh quotes from the pope's encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home " to bring attention to the need to act as if creation is for …
A world of plastic: A Chicago pastor's Earth Day message
… 22), plastic has become a focal point of the environmental movement. Almost 10 years ago in Laudato Si' , Pope Francis broke new ground when he declared care of creation a moral issue. His point is …