Washington Archdiocese launches new action plan to care for creation August 18, 2021By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News With a new action plan, the Archdiocese of Washington is encouraging parishes, Catholic schools and other institutions, families and individuals to follow the guidance of Pope Francis to protect the earth, care for all human life, and combat climate change using education and actions small and large.
Seven surprising places to find God this summer June 9, 2021By Laura Kelly Fanucci Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Feature, Guest Commentary Here are seven places you might delight to encounter God with your family this summer.
Going buggy with Brood X June 1, 2021By Greg Erlandson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Feature, Guest Commentary Brood X is to the normal summer cicada what King Kong is to Tarzan’s Cheeta: something else entirely.
New species of screech owl in Amazon named after Sister Dorothy Stang June 1, 2021By Lise Alves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Social Justice, World News Dubbed the Xingu screech owl, the little creature was given a scientific name of “Megascops stangiae” in honor of the late Sister Dorothy Stang, a U.S.-born Sister of Notre Dame de Namur.
Pope asks all Catholics to step up commitment to saving creation May 25, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News To help lead the world’s Catholics along a journey of intensified action in caring for creation, Pope Francis asked everyone to join a new global grassroots movement to create a more inclusive, fraternal, peaceful and sustainable world.
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.
