Papal farm, gardens will be home to new center promoting sustainability February 3, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The papal property at Castel Gandolfo, with its vast gardens and diverse livestock, will now be the home of a new scientific and educational center dedicated to promoting integral ecology, sustainability, and a circular and generative economy.
Interreligious dialogue leads to care for planet, pope tells Buddhists January 19, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Interreligious dialogue can combat climate change by tapping into the “profound richness” of faith traditions to promote a sense of “ecological responsibility” and conversion, Pope Francis said.
Catholic agencies in California organize outreach, relief for storm victims amid historic rainfall January 13, 2023By Nicholas Wolfram Smith OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Environment, Feature, News, World News Catholic organizations in California, strengthened by years of responding to disasters in the Golden State, responded quickly to bring aid to those affected by the ongoing brutal winter storms.
Catholics in the Amazon hope COP15 generates projects in favor of forest December 14, 2022By Lise Alves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News As representatives from nearly 200 countries gather for the U.N. Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, environmental activists living in the Amazon region hope the conference’s proposals will generate new projects in favor of the forest and the populations that live in the region.
Pope enlists a willing warrior to spread the message of ‘Laudato Si’ December 11, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Movie & Television Reviews, Vatican Nicolas Brown directed “The Letter: A Message for Our Earth,” a documentary on the pope’s 2015 encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.”
Religious leaders seek consensus-based approach for decisions on climate November 16, 2022By Doreen Ajiambo Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, News, Vatican, World News Vatican officials and other Catholic leaders around the globe believe the challenge of climate change requires a consensus-based approach rooted in solidarity, saying world leaders’ failure to come together and fully implement previous agreements is a threat to human well-being and the health of the planet.
Forest rangers, local towns stop planned cut of Christmas tree for Vatican November 15, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The centuries’ old silver fir tree that had been destined to become the centerpiece Christmas decoration in St. Peter’s Square will now live, perhaps to see another century.
Young climate activists find their voices at COP27 November 15, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News As world leaders gathered at the U.N. climate conference to figure out how to deal with climate change, faith organizations found their voices through protests.
Catholic groups worry world leaders all talk, no action at COP27 November 12, 2022By Doreen Ajiambo Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News Catholic groups at the U.N. climate conference said they were disappointed that, in the meeting’s opening days, few world leaders demonstrated progress in implementing their climate commitments or financial support for countries bearing the brunt of climate change.
Cardinal tells leaders at COP27 they have duty to act on climate change November 9, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News Leaders gathered in Egypt for the U.N. climate summit have “a moral obligation” to act seriously and together to safeguard the planet and to offer concrete aid to people suffering the “more frequent and more serious humanitarian impacts caused by climate change,” said Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
As COP27 begins, religious leaders, civil groups have a wish list November 7, 2022By Doreen Ajiambo Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News As the latest U.N. climate change summit began, some faith and civil organizations had a long wish list of what they hoped it would achieve.
Advocates already pushing for a satisfactory farm bill in 2023 October 9, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Social Justice, U.S. Congress, World News The current farm bill doesn’t expire until 2023, yet already advocates are lining up their arguments to assemble the kind of farm bill they want to see next year.
