Building a healthier, better world depends on everyone, Pope Francis said in his message marking World Environment Day June 5. "We cannot remain silent before the outcry when we realize the very high costs of ...
During a panel discussion last week sponsored by the Vatican and Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, Cardinal Peter Turkson, a key adviser to Pope Francis, said the pope’s encyclical Laudato ...
Commemorating the fifth anniversary of his encyclical on the environment, Pope Francis called on Christians to join in prayer and acts of care for the Earth and for the poor. After reciting the "Regina Coeli" ...
The Vatican announced that it will commemorate the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment with a yearlong series of initiatives dedicated to the safeguarding and care for the Earth. In a statement ...
In May 2015, the Vatican released Pope Francis’ second encyclical, Laudato si’, in which he wrote on the interconnectedness of all aspects of human life and creation. Five years later, in the midst of a ...
The Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis is "greening." So are the dioceses of Stockton, California; Joliet, Illinois; and others across the United States. Participants in diocesan environmental ministries credit Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, ...
Saying he wanted to renew his "urgent call to respond to the ecological crisis," Pope Francis asked Catholics around the globe to participate in the international observance of "Laudato Si' Week" May 16-24. Sponsored by ...
The so-called Green New Deal, particularly because of its lead congressional sponsor, is controversial and polarizing, but the broad vision it articulates for environmental justice appears to be compatible with the Catholic social teaching principle ...
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