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Catholic Universities Should do More to Respond to Environmental Issues, Vatican Cardinal
The cardinal who is seen as Pope Francis’ point man on the environment said in an address at Gonzaga University last week that universities, especially Catholic universities, have a major role to play in constructing a plan to “care for our common home.”
The Poor Suffer Most from Heat Waves, Drought, Other Environmental Extremes: Pope Francis
As Europe faces record high temperatures and summer wildfires, Pope Francis has pointed out that the poor suffer the most from heat waves, drought, and other environmental extremes.
Salesians’ Climate Club in Sierra Leone on Environment to Benefit Thousands of Youth
More than 6,000 youth in the local Salesian schools and youth centers in Sierra Leone’s Northern Province are set to benefit from a climate club project that aims to provide environmental education.
Praise God by Relating Well with Environment, Kenyan Catholic Priest Urges Christians
A Kenyan Catholic Priest serving with the Laudato Si’ Movement in Africa has, in his message for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (WPCU), told followers of Christ to relate well with nature and to foster environmental conservation.
Reignite “spirit of Ubuntu” in Conserving Environment, Catholic Facilitator at Training
The popular and emotive African philosophy of Ubuntu goes beyond how a person relates with other human beings, participants in Together for a New Africa (T4NA), a network of former students of Italy-based Sophia University and other young leaders across Africa, have been told.
Corporations Trampling on People’s Rights, Destroying Environment: Catholic Charity
As world powers prepare to conclude the landmark COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, the leadership of the overseas development agency of the Catholic Bishops of Ireland, Trócaire, has decried the role of powerful corporations in contributing to the climate crisis and environmental degradation.
Vatican Calls for "clear roadmap" as Climate Summit Enters Final Stretch
The Vatican said that ‘various gaps’ had emerged at COP26 in Scotland.
Pope Francis to COP26: "Now is the time to act, urgently, courageously, and responsibly"
The pope said he had hoped to attend the meeting, but it ‘was not possible.’
"Let us not forget that crises are also windows of opportunity": Pope Francis
He made the remark in a new book preface.
Pope Francis Launches Ecology, Environment Degree Course at Pontifical Lateran University
The course was created with the Ecumenical Patriarch’s cooperation.
"Technical, political solutions are not enough": Pope Francis to Young Climate Activists
The pope sent a video message to the Youth4Climate event in Milan, Italy.
Pope Francis Invites Catholics to Pray for “courageous choices” to Protect Environment
He made the appeal in his prayer intention for September.
Catholic Bishop in DR Congo Recommends Countrywide Catechesis on Safeguarding of Creation
The Bishop of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Uvira Diocese has recommended countrywide catechesis on the safeguarding of creation through Diocesan programs.
Nigerian Archbishop Seeks Government Partnership in Environmental Conservation
The Catholic Archbishop of Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese has asked the federal government to collaborate with the Church to ensure that there is a clean and healthy environment in the West African country.
Ecosystem Degradation "a clear outcome of economic dysfunction": Pope Francis
Pope Francis said Friday that environmental degradation is “a clear outcome of economic dysfunction.”
Vatican to Mark 5th Anniversary of Laudato si’ With Year-long Celebration
The Vatican will on May 24 launch a year-long celebration of Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical Laudato si’ to mark its fifth anniversary.
Pope Francis and UN Secretary General record video urging religious freedom, climate protection
Pope Francis and the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres recorded a video message together at the Vatican Friday in which the two leaders urge the importance of religious freedom, human dignity, and environmental protection.
Church must convert from cultural, ecological sins, Amazon synod concludes
The Amazon synod final document, published Saturday, laid out the need to define “ecological sins” while calling the Church to walk new paths of “integral conversion.”
