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Quake-hit Mexico church with iconic Virgin image gets rehab
… Lady of the Angels on a recent Sunday, Fr. Adrián Vázquez led parishioners seated in pews and plastic chairs in celebrating 10 a.m. Mass, flanked by piles of rubble from the sanctuary left …
St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese creates Season of Creation calendar of prayers, actions
… at Sunday Masses Sept. 4. Suggestions for Sept. 6 are using cloth bags instead of single-use plastic and declining to use a straw when drinking a beverage. Sept. 29 recognizes the feast of …
Cardinal-designate McElroy has long commitment to Laudato Si', environment
… societal level, from pastors preaching on creation themes, to ways to reduce food, water and plastic waste, to programs to assist people lacking energy or clean water access. The creation …
Bishops conclude assembly with guidelines to better implement Laudato Si' in East Africa
… protect the environment," including tree planting, and campaigning for cleaning cities of thin plastics and for effective waste management systems. "In the Diocese of Morogoro, we had already …
Eastern Africa bishops explore consequences of climate change on daily life
… energy in church buildings, utilize green building technologies and abolish single-use plastic to slow climate change. "Africa being the continent with the majority of young people in …
African youth deliver environmental demands to bishops at Laudato Si' meeting
… the major driver of climate change. They also asked for church gatherings to ditch single-use plastics and replace them with reusable materials, and to encourage more recycling, less waste …
Catholic groups outline priorities for defense of oceans, biodiversity ahead of UN summits
… threats facing the seas and communities that live near them. Roughly 11 million tons of plastic enter the ocean each year . UNESCO estimates 30-35% of critical marine habitats, like … on the conservation of marine biological areas beyond national jurisdiction and addressing plastic pollution in the oceans. Improving the health of oceans is one piece of a wider global …
Oblivion and salvation in the ark of the honeybees
… from floods of filth and garbage, our planet drowned in greenhouse gas emissions and toxic plastics. My worries swim in news reports of natural disasters and human-caused catastrophes. The …
Catholic environmental activists in Africa take a day to clean the earth
… the nearby Mbagathi River. "We want to make sure that our parks do not have any waste such as plastics and anything else that should not be there," Papa Prince, program manager for the … which we are called to protect. There are several issues which we need to tackle, but I think plastic waste is the most troubling. For me, it is the biggest crisis in the world today," …
Faith leaders reassert critical role in confronting climate change ahead of Stockholm+50
… we preach," including through divestment from fossil fuels and reducing their own pollution, plastic waste and carbon footprints. Stockholm+50 marks the 50th anniversary of the first world … target, according to the International Energy Agency — and to reduce pollution, especially plastic waste, in public events, to amplify voices of Indigenous, elderly, women and youth, and …
'When biodiversity flourishes, human life flourishes,' Vatican official says
… the loggerhead sea turtle, around since the time of the dinosaurs, who said, "I often mistake plastics floating in the ocean and plumes of oil from oil spills for my food. When I eat them, I …