Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Environment, News, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis has appointed 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.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Bishops, Environment, Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News
Methods of further incorporating “Laudato Si’,” Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical on care of creation, into the life of the church at the local and national level was a point of discussion for the U.S. bishops in Baltimore during their fall general assembly Nov. 13, and included the suggestion of returning to the church’s longtime practice of abstaining from meat on Fridays.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Efforts to slow climate change and mitigate its impact, particularly on the poor, are being thwarted by selfishness, the Vatican secretary of state told world leaders at the COP29 climate conference.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News
As the United Nations’ annual climate conference kicks off, two Catholic humanitarian agency executives told OSV News that the world’s poorest nations must be given the tools to adapt to climate change — without becoming enslaved by international debt.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Environment, Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come
For the volunteers, it has been an emotional time, as the bushes, along with 18 garden beds, were being moved to IHM because St. Pius X is slated to come together with St. Mary of the Assumption in Govans, St. Thomas Aquinas in Hampden, Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Mount Washington and Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland to form a united parish seated at the cathedral.
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2024 Election, Environment, Feature, News, World News
For Catholics still discerning their 2024 U.S. presidential election vote, environmental issues may not be among their top concerns — but, say climate experts, they should be.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Environment
As we look forward to St. Francis of Assisi’s feast day on Oct. 4, may we pray to St. Francis for the freedom of simplicity and a renewed commitment to our mother Earth.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Colleges, Environment, News, World News
A Franciscan college in New York state will host a two-day gathering on integral ecology and sustainability with a focus on creating a “global vision with local meaning” to care for creation.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Environment, News, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis expressed his grief over the killing of a churchworker in Honduras, expressing solidarity with those “who see their fundamental rights violated” and are targeted for their advocacy for the poor and for the care for the planet.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Environment, Feature, Local News, News, Schools
“Bubbles Cheeseball” was a baby diamondback terrapin raised by Cullen’s students as part of the National Aquarium in Baltimore’s Terrapins in the Classroom project, a three-year program through which students observe and collect data on the reptile’s weight and growth during the school year.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Environment, News, World News
The bishops of Bolivia urged the country’s authorities to act quickly in staving off irreparable harm to people and the environment as raging wildfires continue to devastate millions of acres.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News
Parishes around the United States have heard Pope Francis’ call and responded in force. From Cleveland to Seattle, parishes are moving toward the Holy Father’s vision of a more sustainable church and world.
