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As synod deliberates, vandals dump controversial indigenous carving into the Tiber
… as "Our Lady of the Amazon" to Pope Francis on the first day of the synod (Oct. 4), at a tree-planting ceremony at the Vatican Gardens. A video of the event immediately created a …
Beyond fear: Befriending the saguaro
… and safe. I loved the sturdy feel of it, and took it in with the comfort I would a maple tree back home in Indiana. When I leaned on the saguaro, it didn't topple over, the way for some …
God calls us to show up, be present
… and pain and beauty and jaggedness of life. To really see, for instance, the sunlight on the tree leaves on the branch swaying in the wind, the shifting shades of green, the shifting shadows …
Ecuador's president rolls back austerity measures that triggered protests
… end to oil drilling, mining and indiscriminate logging in Ecuador. Stripping the mountains of trees, he said, robs indigenous communities of the water and clean air they need to survive. …
Ecuadorians at synod keep eye on massive protests at home
… end to oil drilling, mining and indiscriminate logging in Ecuador. Stripping the mountains of trees, he said, robs indigenous communities of the water and clean air they need to survive. …
Amazonian bishops condemn attacks on rainforest and indigenous peoples
… the peoples who inhabit it." Nor has logging or agribusiness treated the territory any better. Trees have been cut down with no concern for sustainability of the forest. Cattle ranchers have …
God in all things: Synod looks at indigenous 'theology of creation'
… of Spirituality in Rome, told Catholic News Service. "Pantheism means to believe that a tree is a god, the sun is a god," said Moema Maria Marques de Miranda, a lay Franciscan who is an … into Spanish or Portuguese with the word for "mother." That does not mean they see the trees or animals as gods, but it reflects their belief that the sacred is present in the world, …
Mustard seed
… changes. “Faith the size of a mustard seed,” he said, “can move mountains and uproot mulberry trees and cast them into the sea.” So why are we of so little faith? There is more to the …
UN Chief: An unstoppable movement is taking hold
… to Guatemala, Colombia to Nigeria, New Zealand to Barbados vowed to plant more than 11 billion trees. More than 100 leaders in the private sector committed to accelerating their move into the …
On feast of St. Francis, pope joins Amazonians to plant tree at Vatican
… church workers and indigenous people Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, to plant a tree in the Vatican Gardens. He also consecrated the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon to St. … the pope and Cardinal Claudio Hummes of Brazil to spread the soil around a small holm oak tree from Assisi and sprinkle it with water. "Pope Francis is sensitive to our people," Viana … to the earth as a common home, "he speaks a great deal about our life." In a reflection on the tree's significance, Sr. Liliana Franco of the Company of Mary, president of the Latin American …
Season of Creation Daily Day 24: Protecting God's handiwork
… it in our language, the birds put it in theirs. We can read the story of the Universe in the trees. The winds tell the story, literally. Everything tells the story of the Universe. What …
Season of Creation Daily Day 21: Earth, teach me
… Earth teach me caring ~ as mothers nurture their young. Earth teach me courage ~ as the tree that stands alone. Earth teach me limitation ~ as the ant that crawls on the ground. Earth …
'Like a sunburn on your lungs': How does the climate crisis impact health?
… or inflammation of the nasal cavity, congestion and post-nasal drip. "It used to be that tree pollens were only in spring, grasses were just in summer, ragweed was just in fall," Tummala …
Despite human sinfulness, God's projects will endure, pope says
… said. "His are calm and farsighted words," part of a process that urges people to "judge a tree by its fruits" rather than acting hastily, the pope said. Francis asked people at the …
Season of Creation Daily 18: Images and words from Ansel Adams and John Muir
… mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares …
Naomi Klein: 'We are seeing the beginnings of the era of climate barbarism'
… me and I'm happy that so many people have written to me since. What Powers is writing about trees : that trees live in communities and are in communication, and plan and react together, and we've been … forests where he was born in British Columbia, and how they are linked to the health of the trees and the soil and the bears and the orcas and this entire magnificent ecosystem, and I think …
Beyond the 'birdbath industrial complex' is the radical St. Francis of Assisi
… all creatures — and not merely those nonhuman animals we classify as sentient, but rocks and trees alike — his sisters and brothers because, in a real sense, they are . On the elemental … Darwin creatively put it, joined to other creatures by the branches of creation's large family tree. On a pragmatic level, we survive only because of the care and resources the rest of the …
Season of Creation Daily Day 17: The six R's
… together." … i thank You God for most this amazing day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which …
'River of Gold' documents another threat to the Amazon: illegal gold mining
… Africa, Peruvian gold, however much it glitters, is tarnished from the outset. "With each tree cut down to mine gold," the narration recounts, "carbon dioxide is released into the air, … to crack open Brazil nuts, leaving enough of the seed behind to assure the natural regrowth of trees. But these gigantic trees — home to numerous species of insect and small animal life in the Amazon rainforest — are …
Season of Creation Daily 16: The world is calling to you
… the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are …