Church environmentalists are worried about oil drilling at mouth of Amazon River September 4, 2023By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News Church activists in the Amazon are worried about the Brazilian government’s plan to exploit oil in a marine area close to the mouth of the Amazon River.
Transforming hearts, lifestyles, public policies will bring about ‘ecological conversion,’ bishops say September 1, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Environment, Feature, News, World News For the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation Sept. 1 and the Season of Creation that follows, Pope Francis “invites us to reflect on the relationship between justice and creation,” said the chairmen of the U.S. bishops’ domestic and international policy committees.
Laudato Si’ Animators Program forms Catholic advocates for ‘ecological conversion’ August 31, 2023By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News Launched in 2016, the Laudato Si’ Animators Program is an initiative of the Laudato Si’ Movement, an international organization founded in 2015 as the Global Catholic Climate Movement.
Pope confirms ‘second Laudato Si” will be an apostolic exhortation August 30, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis confirmed plans to publish a “second Laudato Si’,” which is expected to update and expand on his 2015 encyclical on the environment.
Laudato Si’ 2.0: Pope announces new document ahead of ‘Season of Creation’ August 25, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Ahead of the ecumenical celebrations of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation Sept. 1 and the monthlong “Season of Creation,” Pope Francis said he is writing a follow-up document to his 2015 encyclical on the environment.
‘There’s no knocking down God’: Catholic college students weather ‘hurriquake’ with faith August 25, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Environment, Feature, News, World News Students at a Catholic liberal arts college in California told OSV News that they’re more ready than ever for the new school year, after weathering both a major storm and an earthquake on the same day.
Pope tells lawyers he’s writing a new document on the environment August 21, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Thanking a group of European lawyers for their attention to environmental protection laws, Pope Francis said he was preparing another document on the subject.
As record heat scorches the globe, climate advocates urge Catholics to take action August 5, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News How do thermometer-bursting digits relate to wider concerns about climate change, a warming earth, and the call to action of Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si'” — and can individual Catholics make a difference?
In gardening and parish life, ‘we need God’s grace to add to the effort,’ says priest July 14, 2023By Cori Fugere Urban OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News For Father Benny Chittilappilly, a Vocationist priest from southern India, gardening is about more than growing vegetables.
As conflict, climate cause refugee numbers to rise, Catholic agencies urge more support June 21, 2023By Frederick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News On World Refugee Day, organized every year on June 20 by the United Nations, a senior official of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) urged increased support for migrants, as he warned that Sudan’s massive human movement due to war risked becoming yet another forgotten crisis.
Catholics in states affected by ever-shrinking Colorado River draw on ‘Laudato Si” to help avert water crisis June 20, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News Catholics in some of the affected states are complementing the government’s effort to prevent disaster with principles of Pope Francis’ landmark 2015 environmental encyclical “Laudato Si'” firmly in mind.
Kerry hopes pope will build momentum before U.N. climate summit June 20, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News – President Joe Biden’s special envoy for climate issues is counting on Pope Francis’ support to get nations attending the next U.N. climate summit to adopt bold measures to mitigate climate change.