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Care for Creation: Spirituality and Responsible Investment
… Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si' , calls for a "broad cultural revolution" to confront our environmental crisis. Join …
Sr. Maura Smith Earth Day Lecture at Mercyhurst University
… Effect podcast. This year marks the sixth anniversary of Pope Francis’s promulgation of Laudato Sí, the encyclical letter on “Care for our Common Home.” And yet, when it comes to …
Beyond Laudato Si': Embracing the Challenge fo Franciscan Eco-Spirituality in the Age of Pope Francis
… celebration of Pope Francis' landmark encyclical on climate change and environmental ethics, Laudato Si' , Gonzaga University welcomes Daniel P. Horan, OFM, Ph.D., to campus to offer a lecture …
A Climate-Conscious Lent: Students challenge the world
… with possible actions they can take throughout the year to bring Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" to life within Catholic schools and, ultimately, in their own …
Does your personal ecological conversion make a difference to the planet?
… That approach echoes Pope Francis' emphasis on integral ecology and ecological conversion in " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." He calls for personal conversion, holding up St. Francis of …
A Climate-Conscious Lent: Globalization of indifference
… behind which we can hide, still less is there room for the globalization of indifference. ( Laudato Si' , 52) Coming to grips with the environmental crisis may rekindle a deeper vision of who we …
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 …