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The mystery of the Trinity and global solidarity
… this last week of this series, let's take a look at the end of chapter 6 and the conclusion of Laudato Si' . In section 7, the pope explains how the Holy Trinity is omnipresent in the universe: "The …
NCR Forward Summer Series 2020
… 450px;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"10"}}]] … July 9: Five Years with Laudato Si’: Where are we? … Brian Roewe , … Staff Writer, NCR and EarthBeat As Pope Francis' ecological …
Need an encouraging boost? Check out our Interfaith Climate Tracker
… University of Louisana, the nation's only Catholic HBCU, makes the case that the work of Laudato Si' will require stewardship for all and by all . Among other things, that means more training in …
What it will take to do the work of Laudato Si': stewardship for all, by all
… a clarion call for the best of humanity to discover remedies. And to act accordingly. With Laudato Si' , the environmental encyclical issued five years ago by Pope Francis, we have the framework …
Links for 6/23/20
… his recklessness in November. Pope Francis used the phrase integral human ecology in " Laudato Si', On Care for Our Common Home " and now The New York Times has an article that gives …
For Appalachia pastors, reopening means walking with the poor and vulnerable
… wearing masks in stores. Switzer echoes those who see the pandemic as a wakeup call to a more Laudato Si' -infused perspective of people recognizing their place in an interconnected web of life. He …
The Christian's role in social and environmental justice
… individual and communal activity" in his 2013 apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium . In Laudato Si' , Francis says: "As believers, we do not look at the world from without but from within, …
Threat multiplier: The impacts of climate change on refugees
… can do the most we can. JRS signed on because of church teaching about character creation and Laudato Si' and everything that the Holy Father has said about the importance of caring for the …
EarthBeat Weekly: Discerning what the Vatican really means when it comes to divestment
… the EarthBeat channel of Slack on Thursday, five years to the day after Pope Francis released Laudato Si', Josh reported that he was just back from the first in-person briefing the Vatican press …
Racism in pollution and policing: A conversation with Robert Bullard, father of environmental justice
… all of these things. It reminded me of what Pope Francis has talked about in his encyclical Laudato Si' , where he says that everything is connected, and hearing the cry of the Earth at the same …
New Vatican document outlines city-state's environmental efforts
… reaffirmed their commitment to the ecological path outlined in Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical Laudato Si' , releasing an unusual inter-office document outlining some of the environmental measures …
Dominican sisters commit $46 million to seed new climate solutions funds
… the public release of Pope Francis' social encyclical on the environment and human ecology, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." The Vatican and Catholics worldwide began celebrating the …
New St. Louis archbishop connects with a pope who 'connects the dots'
… the divine with the human. And Pope Francis, I think, has done a masterful job of that. In his Laudato Si' , he speaks about what we need to do in caring for our world and the ways in which we have …
An anti-racism reading list from NCR
… Why racial and environmental justice are so linked … Spiritual resources: … Digging Into Laudato Si': Practical relativism and racial justice Pencil Preaching: Holy breath Pencil Preaching: …
Five years on: Exploring four puzzles in Laudato Si'
… some thought-provoking puzzles that confront us as we dig more deeply into the document, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home ." In the course of editing a new book, Laudato Si' and the …
Copy Desk Daily, June 16, 2020
… — if challenging to heed — advice on caring for our common home in his encyclical Laudato Si'. But there are still open questions to ponder as well, which is what EarthBeat guest …
Robert McKim
… Robert McKim is emeritus professor of religion at the University of Illinois and editor of Laudato Si' and the Environment: Pope Francis' Green Encyclical . …
EarthBeat Weekly: Faith climate leaders speak out on racial injustice
… called racism a sin, and pointed to one of the central messages in Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home": Everything is connected. "When we work for care for creation, …
The power of "think global, act local"
… a critical challenge is the Paris Climate Agreement , which was adopted six months after Laudato Si' was published in December 2015. Still, reaching such an agreement includes many political …
Laudato Si' five years out: five themes from a scholarly review of its impact
… the first of a series of conferences aimed at deeper daily integration of the messages of " Laudato Si' , on Care of Our Common Home." The participants arrived in Omaha from many corners of …