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Why is the Catholic Church participating in a UN climate summit?
… demonstration ahead of COP21. He also made clear that he timed the release of his encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" that year " so that it can make a contribution " in Paris. At …
Cardinal Tobin: Faith leaders can influence the world on climate change
… Francis has shown the way as a staunch advocate for the environment. In his 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si' , and its companion document, Laudate Deum , released earlier this year, he called for a …
Catholics at COP28 vow to carry ill pope's call for action on climate change
… recovery," said Lorna Gold, executive director of FaithInvest and board president of the Laudato Si' Movement, a 900-member global network of Catholic organizations committed to acting on …
At COP28, short-term changes matter more than long-term goals
… Deum is true. Noting that eight years had passed since he issued his landmark encyclical Laudato Si' , the pope observes with the passage of time, I have realized that our responses have not …
Despite health issues, Pope Francis to travel this week to UN climate summit
… environmental concerns more than any other pontiff in history. In 2015, he released " Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," a landmark encyclical on the environment, which …
Seeing God's mysterious plan over 25 years as a Catholic convert
… , Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future , Fratelli Tutti , Desiderio Desideravi and " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," call us to act on behalf of others and the planet. The synod …
Small, sustainable changes to combat kitchen waste
… natural world. But it wasn't until a few years ago when I read Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical Laudato Si' that I truly understood the moral obligation that all Catholics have to care for our common …
US bishops, Catholic sister meet with White House officials about climate change
… on Oct. 4, two months before the U.N. global climate summit. Francis, whose 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , On Care for Our Common Home," was credited with building momentum ahead of a historic …
US bishops again declare abortion 'preeminent priority' for Catholic voters
… that the effects of this are indirect rather than direct," Lori said. In his 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , On Care for Our Common Home" and i n Laudate Deum , an apostolic exhortation released on …
What Catholic and environmental officials expect from Pope Francis at COP28
… set the tone for the rest of the negotiations," said Lorna Gold, board president of the Laudato Si' Movement, a network of nearly 900 Catholic institutions working on climate action and …
Pope to address UN climate conference, inaugurate 'Faith Pavilion'
… the pope wrote in Laudate Deum ("Praise God"), a follow-up document to his 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , On Care for Our Common Home." In the document, the pope expressed his hope that government …
Pope Francis' approach to theology continues reception of Vatican II
… called to a turning point, to a paradigm shift, to a 'courageous cultural revolution' ( Laudato Si' , 114) that commits it, in the first place, to being a fundamentally contextual theology, …
Pope Francis sets the table for the upcoming climate summit
… more important in addressing the existential issue of our time. In his magisterial encyclical Laudato Si' , issued prior to the 2015 COP conference in Paris, as well as in his recent exhortation …
In US, 'Laudate Deum' won't make it into many homilies or prompt any marches
… Michael Wright … Pope Francis' much-anticipated addendum to his 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," is a renewed clarion call to address climate change …
Vatican confirms papal trip to Dubai for climate conference
… Francis released Laudate Deum ("Praise God"), a follow-up document to his 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , On Care for Our Common Home," because, he wrote, over the past eight years, "our responses …
Pope Francis to travel to Dubai to address UN climate summit
… in 2013, climate change has been among Francis' top priorities. In 2015, he released " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," a landmark encyclical on the environment, which …
Las Vegas archbishop: Pope Francis has 'opened our hearts and doors'
… and value his leadership and legacy both to the church and to the world. … Lampedusa, 'Laudato Si',' caring for others … I will never forget his first pastoral visit outside Rome, …
Inspired by pope's message, USD faculty push for sustainable food systems
… call to fraternity and communion with each other and our "fellow creatures." USD is already a Laudato Si' campus — one of the first in the world. To receive that designation from the Laudato Si' …
Video: Laudato Trees planting program enlists Catholic properties to help increase DC's canopy
… "Growing a Green Church" series with a brand new video including interviews and footage of the Laudato Trees program in Washington, D.C. As NCR environment correspondent Brian Roewe reported … coverage : "Laudato Trees — a play on the name of Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" — has sought out Catholic locations to plant American beeches …
Feminist scholar Donna Haraway reacts to inclusion in Pope Francis' climate letter
… and with the world in its fleshliness, I think I inherited from my formation." For Haraway, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," Francis' 2015 encyclical, "struck a deep chord." She said, …