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.
Environment
Laudato Si’ Animators Program forms Catholic advocates for ‘ecological conversion’
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
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
– 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.
Pope: Quick change of course necessary to beat climate change
A faster change of course away from today’s throwaway culture and toward greater care for the common good is necessary to ensure the planet’s livability for future generations, Pope Francis said on World Environment Day.