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US Catholic church is failing to respond to climate emergency, theologian says
… commensurate with what's required." The comments came in the midst of the special Laduato Si' Anniversary Year that the Vatican declared to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Francis' ecological encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." Later this spring, the Vatican is expected to launch …
A Climate-Conscious Lent: Dialogue with skeptics
… a renewal of humanity itself. There can be no ecology without an adequate anthropology. ( Laudato Si' , 118) The fact is that 'contemporary man has not been trained to use power well,' because …
A Climate-Conscious Lent: More frequent and severe storms
… embarking on a path of dialogue which demands patience, self-discipline and generosity. ( Laudato Si' , 201) Authoritative reports follow in rapid succession, warning of the dire consequences of …
Sunrise activist asks people of faith: 'Will you stand with us to fight for a livable future?'
… from my own experience, to see how a Green New Deal [is needed] to protect the planet. [In Laudato Si' , Pope Francis wrote about] the reverence that we should hold for the environment and Earth. …
A Climate-Conscious Lent: 'Climate apartheid' or 'welcome the stranger'?
… summons to solidarity and a preferential option for the poorest of our brothers and sisters. ( Laudato Si' , 158) The majority of people living on our planet profess to be believers. This should spur …
A Climate-Conscious Lent: India chokes on its air
… commit a crime against the natural world is a sin against ourselves and a sin against God.' ( Laudato Si' , 8) Pope Benedict … urged us to realize that creation is harmed 'where we ourselves have the …
A Climate-Conscious Lent: Healthy food for people and the planet
… few people are capable of maintaining it, can only lead to violence and mutual destruction. (Laudato Si', 204) [There] is a minority [that] believes it has the right to consume in a way which can …
A Climate-Conscious Lent: Record numbers of species face extinction
… glory to God by their very existence, nor convey their message to us. We have no such right. ( Laudato Si' , 33) You visit the earth and cause it to overflow; You greatly enrich it; The stream of God …
Pope Francis is the guardian angel of the faithful's ambivalence
… and passion enabled him to write a sophisticated clarion call to the climate crisis, " Laudato Si' , on Care for our Common Home." How could an informed, astute mind such as his not at …
A Climate-Conscious Lent: Turning down the heat in cities
… but also as a result of urban chaos, poor transportation, and visual pollution and noise. ( Laudato Si' , 44) More precious still is the service we offer to another kind of beauty: people's quality …
A Climate-Conscious Lent: World's freshwater supplies are shrinking
… to human survival and, as such, is a condition for the exercise of other human rights. ( Laudato Si' , 30) Water supplies used to be relatively constant, but now in many places demand exceeds …