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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 …
EarthBeat Weekly: Three women leading in defense of the environment
… dialogue, Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich said the adoption of Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" has been hindered in part because some Catholics and other …
A Climate-Conscious Lent: Rising sea levels threaten millions
… dioxide, methane, nitrogen oxides and others) released mainly as a result of human activity. ( Laudato Si' , 23) The majority of people living on our planet profess to be believers. This should spur …
Cupich: Libertarian ideology hinders Laudato Si' adoption in the church
… people from delving into the message of Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical on the environment, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." "The command in Genesis to go and make fruitful and multiply …
Why a Catholic journalist is urging the church to engage Black Lives Matter
… papal documents and bishops statements on issues like racism. In her book, she underscores " Laudato si'," the second encyclical of Pope Francis, where he highlighted the risk of "rampant …
A Climate-Conscious Lent: Coral reefs are dying
… deforestation, agricultural monocultures, industrial waste and destructive fishing methods. ( Laudato Si' , 41) Care for nature is part of a lifestyle which includes the capacity for living together …
A Climate-Conscious Lent: Arctic ice and permafrost
… is affected by uncontrolled fishing, leading to a drastic depletion of certain species. ( Laudato Si' , 40) Christians cannot be indifferent to global warming, pollution, natural resource …
EarthBeat Weekly: Lessons for Catholics from life of Hazel Johnson, 'mother of environmental justice'
… an archdiocesan council or project. She wasn't dropping lines from Scripture (and there was no Laudato Si' ) or weaving theological citations into her powerful testimonies for why her neighborhood …
Catholic Climate Covenant launches youth mobilization initiative
… and bishops to call for greater involvement of the U.S. church to act on Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." "We believe that your voices in particular are instrumental," …
A Climate-Conscious Lent: Global warming in 3 grim numbers
… have we so hurt and mistreated our common home as we have in the last two hundred years ( Laudato Si' , 53). We see how environmental deterioration and human and ethical degradation are closely …
Hazel Johnson, the mother of environmental justice, was Catholic
… helped form her sense of justice. Twenty years before Pope Francis released his encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," Johnson was using similar language to describe the …