Pope’s message on climate crisis in ‘Laudate Deum’ reverberates in Africa October 14, 2023By Frederick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News When Pope Francis released his apostolic exhortation “Laudate Deum” (“Praise God”) was released Oct. 4, its message echoed loudly across Africa, where millions of ordinary people are victims of the global climate crisis.
Panel: Pope’s message in new document on climate isn’t partisan, but is matter of faith October 13, 2023By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation “Laudate Deum,” released Oct. 4, was described as the sound of a broken heart, disappointed by the world’s lack of action on environmental damage and climate change, at a Georgetown University panel discussion.
Archbishop Lori points to Pope Francis’ message, stresses importance of protecting environment October 11, 2023By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Environment, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori urged the faithful in the Archdiocese of Baltimore to follow Pope Francis’ recent plea to take care of the environment, noting steps the archdiocese has taken to reduce harmful impacts on the climate.
‘Laudate Deum’: Planet mirrors a deeply flawed view of human life and activity October 8, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis warns the clock is ticking on the dangers of climate change — and both a paradigm shift and practical action are critically needed to avert looming disasters in nature and human society.
‘Laudate Deum’ a ‘timely call’ to ‘choose life or death,’ say Catholic ecological advocates October 6, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News Pope Francis’ latest plea to urgently address global warming and climate change is being hailed by Catholic ecological advocates as “a great call to action.”
Pope, in document on climate crisis, criticizes science ‘deniers’ October 4, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News After warning the world against ignoring the cries of the earth and the poor with his 2015 encyclical, “Laudato Si’, On Care for Our Common Home,” Pope Francis intensified his critique with “Laudate Deum” (“Praise God”), warning against the selfish obsession with human power and the “irresponsible derision” of the reality of climate change.
New American Climate Corps aims to boost clean energy, jobs for young people October 1, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News Like the WPA, the American Climate Corps was created by an executive order of the president, after it initially faced funding-based opposition when included in early versions of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. Biden has credited the measure with lowering energy costs, increasing energy security, creating new jobs and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Catholic groups underscore urgency of United Nations ‘Climate Ambition Summit’ September 22, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News The U.N. described the Climate Ambition Summit as “a broad global coalition of ‘movers and doers'” including “politicians, business and civil society” that represents a “critical political milestone for demonstrating that there is collective global will to accelerate the pace and scale of a just transition to a more equitable renewable-energy based, climate-resilient global economy.”
Pope calls for literacy in peacemaking, care for the environment September 8, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News If people can learn how to inflict suffering on others with ever more deadly weapons, they also can learn to stop doing so, Pope Francis said.
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.
