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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 …
Adorers sisters seek damages in latest lawsuit over gas pipeline
… harm the earth in their use of the land. Ten years later, Pope Francis issued his encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," in which he stated it is an essential part of the Christian …
A Climate-Conscious Lent: No drilling in the Arctic
… also oil and, to a lesser degree, gas — needs to be progressively replaced without delay (" Laudato Si' , On Care for Our Common Home ," 165). We need proposals that "limit exploration and …
A Climate-Conscious Lent: Exxon-funded climate doubt
… on the intensive use of fossil fuels, which is at the heart of the worldwide energy system. (" Laudato Si' , On Care for Our Common Home," 23) Pope Francis states that this contamination is a form of …
EarthBeat Weekly: Pandemic, storms call us to make peace with the planet
… second in a series of interfaith dialogues that grew out of a new guidebook on implementing Laudato Si' . The retreat, titled "Deepening our Awareness of Love, Compassion and Joy for the Healing of …
A Climate-Conscious Lent: Hothouse Earth
… implications: environmental, social, economic, political and for the distribution of goods ( Laudato Si' , 25). There is but one creator. As travelers on this globe together, we are dependent upon …
Lenten reflections focus on climate change as an urgent moral issue
… the retired priest leads a team of fellow volunteers to promote Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" and to educate about the environmental responsibility required …
Netflix's 'Space Sweepers' asks us to reject a throwaway culture
… antidote to this throwaway culture, the same two-dose protection promised by the Gospels, by " Laudato Si' : on Care for Our Common Home " and by revolutionary thinkers across generations: compassion …
EarthBeat Weekly: A year after 'Querida Amazonia,' some lessons for the U.S. church
… Catholic Thought & Culture to mark the fifth anniversary year of Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." The presentation, featuring marine biologist and …
Tribes, faith leaders petition Biden to end Enbridge Line 3 pipeline
… Appealing to Biden's Catholic faith, the petition quotes Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," where he wrote that the Earth "now cries out to us because of …
Restoring the Earth in South Sudan
… our deacons, the justice and peace department, the cathedral youth and parents. I completed a Laudato Si' animators' course and planned this series to help others hear the cry of the Earth and the …