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Pope picks Chicago priest to oversee ecology center at papal villa
… a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago to serve as administrative management director of the Laudato Si' Center for Higher Education, which is based at the papal villa and farms at Castel Gandolfo. …
Trump's election, embrace of fossil fuels casts shadow over UN climate summit
… international efforts in the process. "Many people here feel demoralized," said Rose Omariba, Laudato Si Movement Kenya's chapter leader. "Some [leaders] didn't even attend, and others may not fully …
Bishops seek an elusive unity while Trump's shadow threatens their flock
… question was: "What are your best ideas of how your diocese can mark the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si'?" It should have been: "What have you done as a diocesan bishop to implement Laudato Si'?" …
US bishops discuss Laudato Si' for first time in nearly a decade
… mark the upcoming 10th anniversary of Pope Francis' 2015 landmark encyclical on ecology, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home ." The 36-minute session in Baltimore was notable not simply in …
Forgive nations' debts in Jubilee Year, Pope Francis urges COP29 climate summit
… repay their ecological debt," he stated. Igor Bastos, senior manager for Ibero-America at the Laudato Si' Movement, added that Parolin's message highlighted the importance of an integral ecology …
Recent elections likely part of closed-door discussions in bishops' fall meeting
… pertaining to liturgical texts, discuss the pastoral implementation of integral ecology and " Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," receive a report on the 10th National Eucharistic Congress , …
Keep the poor, vulnerable at center of COP 29 climate gathering, say US Catholic leaders
… joint statement Nov. 8. "Pope Francis has underscored the care for our earth in his encyclical Laudato Si', and also emphasized care for the poor and outcast," they said. "As leaders gather next week …
Catholics head to COP29 climate summit seeking new finance, end of fossil fuels
… disasters and condemning ourselves and people around the world to disastrous harm," the Laudato Si' Movement and Catholic Climate Covenant said of U.S. oil and gas production in a letter to …
Following Trump's victory, sisters express worry about future of 'common good'
… said, as well the focus on environmental stewardship in the landmark 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." "Catholic social teaching is the best- kept secret …
Catholic reaction to Trump's 2024 election win falls along ideological lines
… gold than any country in the world." A joint statement from Catholic Climate Covenant and the Laudato Si' Movement said, "We know there will be challenges ahead." They noted "significant steps …
In battleground states, faith groups call environmental voters to the polls
… group recently discussed integral ecology— a concept the pope highlighted in his encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home" — and phone banking with GreenFaith was presented as a way to …
Your letters: Dolan and the Al Smith dinner debacle, Catholic anti-climate lobby
… the door as I’m exiting the church after mass, instead of a $20 bill I plan to drop a copy of Laudato Si’ in her basket. … HENRY KELLEY … Arlington, Virginia … *** …
Only love will save humanity, pope says in encyclical on Sacred Heart
… he wrote that it is meant to be understood in tandem with his previous two encyclicals, Laudato Si' , "on Care for Our Common Home" and Fratelli Tutti , "on Fraternity and Social Friendship." …
Critical climate issues at play for Catholics voting in 2024 presidential election
… took us backwards a little bit." Anna Johnson — North American senior programs manager for the Laudato Si' Movement, a global network of 900-plus Catholic organizations and over 10,000 trained …
Faith coalition at UN biodiversity summit presses countries to deliver on pledges
… in cultivating ecological spirituality and Vatican-led sustainability initiatives like the Laudato Si' Action Platform. "By being an official part of the process … would be in answering this …
US bishops' upcoming assembly expected to look at lay ministries, hold key committee elections
… instituted lay ministry of catechist; the pastoral implementation of Pope Francis' teaching in Laudato Si', which concerns environmental stewardship; as well as the conference's mission directive for …
A new economy for people and the planet
… closely your own investment practices align with Catholic Social Teaching — you can use the Laudato Si' investing reflection guide at FaithInvest.org . Explore financial products that more closely …
Reading the book of nature in a time of climate crisis
… insight in their respective theological works. Even in our own time, Pope Francis in " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home " and authors like Barbara Mahany in her recent book, …
2024 election checklist: 5 ways to keep politics out of Catholic parishes
… Provide quotes from and links to " Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship ," Laudato Si' , Fratelli Tutti and other official documents, but not material from other groups no …
Amazon synod reverberates through the Catholic Church five years later
… putting into practice the principle of integral ecology laid out in Francis' 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home ." The final document noted the impact of extractive …