Indianapolis Catholic is leading pope’s global plan to care for the earth August 26, 2022By John Shaughnessy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News John Mundell considers it “an incredible honor” that he was recently chosen as the director of the worldwide effort to put Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home” into action.
Catholic agencies say Inflation Reduction Act addresses long-standing goals August 12, 2022By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News Landmark legislation to address climate change, reduce prescription drug costs and establish a minimum tax on large corporations once thought dead but was suddenly passed by the Senate is being hailed by Catholic advocates.
Pope ups calls for care as global consumption keeps outpacing resources July 28, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Among the many environmental issues Pope Francis is concerned about, the one that “has shocked me the most,” he once said, is the way resources are increasingly being consumed faster than they can be regenerated.
Covenant between humanity, environment needed, pope says July 21, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News In his message for the World Day of Prayer for Creation, the pope said the current climate crisis is a call for men and women, especially Christians, to “repent and modify our lifestyles and destructive systems.”
Webb telescope images feed the mind and spirit, Jesuit astronomer says July 14, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Jesuits at the Vatican Observatory were wowed like most people by the beauty of the photos from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, but the director said they also are excited by the scientific information the telescope will reveal.
Humanity has ‘moral obligation’ to fight climate change, pope says July 13, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The care of the environment and the fight against climate change is not a lofty goal for humanity but a moral imperative, Pope Francis said.
Vatican, offering ‘moral support,’ joins U.N. treaty on climate change July 8, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican is now a formal party to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change and has declared it intends also to formally join the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Pope calls for united efforts in care for creation during Laudato Si’ Week May 23, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News After Pope Francis led the recitation of the “Regina Coeli” prayer with visitors in St. Peter’s Square May 22, the pope invited everyone to take part in “Laudato Si’ Week,” which runs May 22-29.
Young adult Catholics discuss need to promote climate change efforts April 29, 2022By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News Catholic leadership should not neglect climate change in favor of social issues including abortion, a Georgetown University panel concluded April 27 in an online discussion about how to apply Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.”
Baltimore schools drive home pope’s message for sustainable environment April 22, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Environment, Feature, Local News, News Baltimore-area schools are doing their best, though, to transform the landscapes and practices on campuses to find ways to embrace Pope Francis’ leadership for a seven-year journey toward “Integral Ecology” that he announced in his encyclical letter “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home.”
RADIO INTERVIEW: Catholics and the Environment April 4, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Environment, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview With Earth Day coming up in April, “Catholic Review Radio” takes a look at the Catholic movement to address climate change, which didn’t start with Pope Francis’ encyclical, “Laudato Si’ – On Care for Our Common Home.”
Virtual town hall addresses environmental responsibility in Maryland February 17, 2022By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Environment, Feature, Local News, News The Maryland Catholic Conference hosted a virtual town hall Feb. 15 to discuss the responsibility of Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore to care for creation in Maryland.
