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Laudato Si’ – Special anniversary year begins May 24
The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development is happy to announce a Special Laudato Si’ Anniversary Year, from 24th May 2020 – 24th May 2021. The Dicastery writes, “We hope that the anniversary year and the ensuing decade will indeed be a time of grace, a true Kairos experience and…
The Green Commandments of Laudato Si’
Fr. Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam, a featured speaker at the June 2019 Climate Conference held at Creighton University jointly sponsored by Creighton and the Catholic Climate Covenant, wrote a book titled The Ten Green Commandments of Laudato Si’. Here are the first five: Earth, our common home, is in peril. Take care of it. Listen…
Pope Francis links virus and climate concerns
On April 8, 2020, Pope Francis linked the coronavirus pandemic and climate change. “This is the time to take the decisive step, to move from using and misusing nature to contemplating it,” he said. “I believe we have to slow down our rate of production and consumption and to learn…
Making a Difference – Humanity may never again get a chance like this
Humanity may never again get a chance like this – let’s not squander it! By Tony Magliano While to a certain degree returning to “business as usual” will not likely happen, that does not mean the vast majority of those who hold most of the world’s wealth and power will…
A call for climate priority
On November 6, 2019, the Association of US Catholic Priests (AUSCP) Climate Crisis Working Group sent a letter on behalf of the association to Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, and US Catholic bishops. The letter was an urgent call for bishops to acknowledge the crisis of climate change and…