Brood X cicadas don’t bug this cicada expert May 20, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Cicadas, Environment, Feature, News, World News That loud buzzing and clicking sound across 15 states and the District of Columbia this spring — from the emergence of billions of Brood X cicadas — is music to the ears of a Catholic university professor and entomologist.
U.S. climate envoy meets pope, speaks at Vatican conference May 15, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Kerry said Pope Francis’ moral authority and teaching on the need to address both climate change and poverty can rally more people to make a greater commitment to helping the environment.
People must care for creation or face self-destruction, pope says April 22, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News When it comes to safeguarding creation, there is no time to waste — humanity either must live up to its responsibility or continue on a path of self-destruction, Pope Francis said, commemorating Earth Day with a video message.
EU Catholic leaders urge tougher policies to protect Arctic November 19, 2020By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News Two European Catholic commissions warned that Arctic warming is intensifying competition over the region’s resources and urged tougher policies to protect its biodiversity and Indigenous communities.
Creation must be protected, not exploited, pope says at audience September 16, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Human beings must change their relationship with nature and view it not as an “object for unscrupulous use and abuse” but as a gift they are charged by God to care for and protect, Pope Francis said.
Vatican listens to ‘cry of poor, cry of the Earth’ during pandemic May 18, 2020By Cindy Wooden Filed Under: Coronavirus, Environment, News, World News Pope Francis’ vision of “integral human development” and “integral ecology” involves identifying the connections between the condition of human beings and the condition of the environment, said Cardinal Peter Turkson.
CRS unveils hunger awareness campaign as pandemic hinders access to food May 15, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Filed Under: Coronavirus, Environment, News, World News As tens of millions more people are at risk of acute hunger because of the global coronavirus pandemic, Catholic Relief Services is embarking on a campaign to raise awareness, advocate and raise funds to head off the brewing crisis.
Laudato Si’ Week is May 16-24 May 13, 2020By Archdiocese of Baltimore Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the encyclical on the care for the environment, Laudato Si’, Pope Francis has invited Catholics to participate in a nine-day global campaign of prayer and action from May 16-24. The theme of the week is “everything is connected.”
Creation is sacred gift deserving respect, care, pope says on Earth Day April 22, 2020By Carol Glatz Filed Under: Environment, News, Vatican, Video, World News Humanity has failed to take care of the earth and its inhabitants, sinning against God and his gift of creation, Pope Francis said.
Five years after Laudato Si, and 50 after the first Earth Day April 21, 2020By Doug DeMeo Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Guest Commentary Let this five years’ marking of Laudato Si and 50 years’ celebration of Earth Day impel our desires to know and accept our sacred place like never before.
Pope shares his ‘dreams’ for Amazon region, its Catholic community February 12, 2020By Cindy Wooden Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis said he dreams of an Amazon region where the rights of the poor and indigenous are respected, local cultures are preserved, nature is protected, and the Catholic Church is present and active with “Amazonian features.”
Australian Catholics seek prayers as fires continue in four states January 6, 2020By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, News, World News As some of the worst wildfires in Australian history rage across four states, thousands of people in affected areas in New South Wales and Victoria continue to be evacuated to safety.
