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Pope's 'Laudate Deum' must elevate those on ecological peripheries
… lead songwriter, Gonzalo Hermoso González, writes about the ecological process of planting a tree, which he associates with the path of his personal destiny. As the tree grows and bears fruit, it remains happy and full of life. But, as the seasons turn, so do the colors of the leaves, and the promise of a future that comes with the planting of a new tree faces the reality that we all face: how fragile life really is. The song ends with the …
The increasingly perilous lot of the pilgrim shows us all the path on climate
… found that this lack of air conditioning, "combined with its older population and sparse tree canopy, makes it one of the most vulnerable communities in the city to extreme heat." If we …
Listening with Franciscan ears
… stop reading this article and gaze into the eyes of a loved one; savor your beer; talk to a tree. To intellectualize a song is to cheapen it. The jazz trio of the Trinity plays (not …
All war is a disgrace and failure. The church must embrace nonviolence.
… In turn, we would retrieve the African praxis of palaver. Palaver encounters under the baobab tree were how many precolonial African societies addressed disputes. This approach enables the …
Considering the spiritual roots of ecophobia amid climate change
… without the direct support of millions of other creatures, from small microbes to massive trees. If we view our faith tradition as speaking a truth only about human persons without …
Love and compassion: How women can address the climate crisis
… of awe and renewal we use at Rosh Hashana helps to tune me into the Earth and its seasons: the trees communicating with each other through vast mycelial networks, the planets running their …
Vatican pushes nations to ensure religious freedom in Jerusalem
… presidents met at the Vatican in 2014 to pray for peace together and planted a symbolic olive tree in the Vatican gardens. "It seems to me that there have not been any more similar high-level meetings," he noted. "Nevertheless, we continue to water that olive tree, waiting for the presidents of both states, accompanied by their governments, to come again …
Where are we getting our values these days?
… collapsed any and all moral standards. So much for the " George Washington and the cherry tree " fable to spur our courage, our own integrity? How did this happen? Who tricked us out of …
In Honduras' Dry Corridor, climate change poses a painful dilemma: Adapt or leave
… Brian Roewe … Deep in a remote, brown-tinged valley between palm tree-dotted hills is a soccer field at the family farm of Rony Figueroa. It's the same field …
Theologically rich picture books to nurture a child's faith (and maybe yours, too)
… adults dismiss as mundane and inconsequential, like thanking Mama God for paper to draw on and trees for birds to nest in. I am Earth's Keeper is a variation on the "Canticle of the Creature" …
Catholic clergy abuse survivors of color endure compounded trauma
… to a remote shed in the mountains. "It would occur near where we used to cut down Christmas trees," said Jay, who asked to be referred to by a nickname since he has not shared his abuse …
Vatican to offer livestream for small number of Synod sessions
… Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. St. Peter's Square will also be decorated with shrubs, trees and flowers to feel like a large garden and symbolize creation and with the San Damiano …
Nigerian Catholic Church launches campaign to plant 5.5 million trees
… from several churches collected them for planting. For him, it's more than a mere tree-planting exercise. It's an ecosystem-based solution to protecting the environment from … in mitigating the effect of climate change, and I like the fact that we are planting moringa trees because they help to filter the air that we breathe," Dodo said. "The impact of climate …
Pope recounts the joy, goodness, humility he saw in Mongolia
… make the garden of the world flourish, while we usually only hear about the sound of falling trees!" People naturally notice the noisy and scandalous, the pope said, but Christians must try …
60 years after March on Washington, Georgetown panel says MLK's dream yet unfulfilled
… and violence is too common in America today." "Whether it was Jacksonville or Buffalo, the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Mother Emanuel Church, I could continue to go on. How can …
Q&A: Dorothy Fortenberry on climate change, changed relationships in 'Extrapolations'
… magical and wonderful about the world outside. We can currently go outside and look at a tree or a flower or a bird. In the show's storyline, there's a time when we stop being able to do …