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Minnesota churches move to bring 'Laudato Si' into parish life
… the diocese, Braegelman is adopting a new tool in her ministry: Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home." The four-year-old document stresses the integral nature of …
The church needs to be better at helping us be better Christians
… for lack of opportunity seem a mere spectacle; they fail to move us. In his 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' : on Care for Our Common Home," the pope repeatedly warns against the apathy seen on the …
Bishop McElroy on Laudato Si': An 'urgent summons' to the American people
… order which God bestowed upon the human family as the setting of our pilgrimage on this earth. Laudato Si' both unmasks this estrangement and points to the pathway forward for us to move from …
Climate should be 'a central priority' for US church, says Bishop McElroy
… Brian Roewe … During an advocacy-focused breakout session at last month's " Laudato Si' and the U.S. Catholic Church" conference, a room of 30 Catholics were asked to list …
Copy Desk Daily, July 23, 2019
… writer Brian Roewe attended the recent conference on Pope Francis' environmental encyclical, Laudato Si', at Creighton University, he got the chance to sit down with San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy …
Editorial: With the Earth in peril, we must act on behalf of God's creation
… on the issue — they've been relatively silent. Which makes the conference at Creighton , " Laudato Si' and the U.S. Catholic Church," a reference to Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, all the more …
Residents fight to keep Amazon alive, 'but big money speaks louder'
… to the cries of the poor and the earth," it says, citing Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home." The impacts of large-scale projects often are greater than …
A sense of in between
… the connection between that reality and our faith is made clear in Pope Francis' encyclical, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." I've announced in this space earlier that we are making …
Peacemaker parishioners stay faithful to their mission in Minneapolis
… John XXIII's 1963 encyclical, Pacem in Terris , as well as Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home ." During one recent meeting, the group discussed an article on …
Philippine bishops call for 'ecological conversion' amid climate crisis
… plenary assembly in Manila as way of helping put into action Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home. The bishops agreed not to allow the financial resources of …
Young people's activism is sign of hope for Earth, says Cardinal Turkson
… in Africa and the fourth anniversary of Pope Francis' environmental encyclical, "Laudato Si'." Turkson noted that youth mobilization against climate challenges had gained …
Vatican City State set to end sale of single-use plastics
… said, was a change in mentality. He said, "We took to heart the Holy Father's guidelines in 'Laudato Si'.' Our common home needs safeguarding, and if it doesn't start with us ...." …
African churches work to counter pressures on Congo River basin
… the church is raising awareness using Congo's Forest Code and Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, "Laudato Si'." Musabate said individual bishops are speaking out. Bishop Fulgence Muteba Mugalu of …
Praising God for gift of creation leads to respect for it, pope says
… are deeply interconnected." According to its website, the international forum sponsored by the Laudato Si' Community, an association inspired by the pope's encyclical on the environment, reflected on …
Amid climate threat, Catholics pursue ecological conversion in US church
… particularly on climate change, that Pope Francis called for with his 2015 encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home." Dioceses and Catholic universities going carbon …
Copy Desk Daily, July 11, 2019
… way to you. Some of the ideas from the June 27-29 conference at Creighton University, titled " Laudato Si' and the U.S. Catholic Church": Dioceses and Catholic universities going carbon neutral. …
A key question about the climate crisis: how to talk about it
… in the paper, in church? I came to the right place for that: a three-day conference called " Laudato Si' and the U.S. Catholic Church," sponsored by the Catholic Climate Covenant and Creighton …
Links for 7/11/19
… , Atlanta's NPR station, Molly Samuel looks at the U.S. Catholic Church's uneven response to Laudato Si' and the climate crisis more generally. Some good things are happening, but there is a long, …
South America's Amazon: culturally diverse, globally important
… Francis is stressing the importance of the Amazon for the world, as he did in the encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," published in 2015. As one of the most biologically diverse …
A Virginia parish switched to 100% solar power — and paid nothing
… and the parish is planning its second round of study groups on Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si ', on Care of Our Common Home." While the cost savings are helpful, Grace said the parish's …