Lessons for COP 26 from the Amazon Synod
By Felicio Pontes Jr.
National Catholic Reporter
December 26, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/earthbeat/lessons-cop-26-amazon-synod
Vatican calls Greta Thunberg ‘great witness’ of Church’s environmental teaching
By Elise Harris, Crux Now
Angelus
December 13, 2019
https://angelusnews.com/news/vatican/vatican-calls-greta-thunberg-great-witness-of-churchs-environmental-teaching/
Pope demands action for failing fight against climate change
By Paige Hanley
Crux
December 4, 2019
https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2019/12/pope-demands-action-for-failing-fight-against-climate-change/
Francis challenges UN climate summit to summon 'far-sighted and strong political will'
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter
December 4, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/earthbeat/francis-challenges-un-climate-summit-summon-far-sighted-and-strong-political-will
Meet the monks who decided to go green years before “Laudato Si'”
By Catholic News Agency
Catholic Sentinel
November 29, 2019
https://catholicsentinel.org/Content/Default/Homepage-Rotator/Article/Meet-the-monks-who-decided-to-go-green-years-before-Laudato-Si-/-3/382/38852
Catechism will be updated to include ecological sins, pope says
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service
National Catholic Reporter
November 15, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/earthbeat/catechism-will-be-updated-include-ecological-sins-pope-says
How four dioceses are actually doing something about the climate crisis
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter
November 8, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/earthbeat/how-four-dioceses-are-actually-doing-something-about-climate-crisis
Pope Francis reflects on 3 decades of international cooperation on climate change
By Claire Giangrave
Religion News Service
November 7, 2019
https://religionnews.com/2019/11/07/pope-francis-reflects-on-3-decades-of-international-cooperation-on-climate-change/
Taiwan’s green energy giant aims to shed light on Pope’s ‘Laudato Si”
By Elise Harris
Crux
November 1, 2019
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-asia/2019/11/01/taiwans-green-energy-giant-aims-to-shed-light-on-popes-laudato-si/
When did the Catholic Church begin to address climate change?
National Catholic Reporter
October 25, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/earthbeat/when-did-catholic-church-begin-address-climate-change
Pope Francis: The Christian foundations for the care of creation
Vatican News
October 24, 2019
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-10/pope-francis-the-christian-foundations-for-the-care-of-creation.html
Priest and nun arrested in climate change protests
By Bernadette Kehoe
Independent Catholic News
October 14, 2019
https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/38087
Read news featuring “Amazonia: New Paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology”
(Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region, October 6-27, 2019)
Solutions to save, protect forests needed 'without delay,' says cardinal
Catholic News Service
Crux
September 24, 2019
https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2019/09/25/solutions-to-save-protect-forests-needed-without-delay-says-cardinal/
Pope to UN summit: Climate change linked to ethical decline
By Courtney Mares
Catholic News Agency
September 24, 2019
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-to-un-summit-climate-change-linked-to-ethical-decline-81105
Activists say the Church needs to ‘scale up’ in face of climate emergency
By Christopher White
Crux
September 23, 2019
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2019/09/23/activists-say-the-church-needs-to-scale-up-in-face-of-climate-emergency/
Catholic school students mix faith and activism at climate change rally
By Carol Zimmerman
Catholic News Service
Catholic San Francisco
September 20, 2019
https://www.catholic-sf.org/news/catholic-school-students-mix-faith-and-activism-at-climate-change-rally
Catholic network: Nations have ‘moral duty’ to fight climate change
By Simon Caldwell
September 20, 2019
Catholic News Service
Crux
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2019/09/20/catholic-network-nations-have-moral-duty-to-fight-climate-change/
Intergenerational solidarity: Elders join youth in climate strikes
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter
September 19, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/intergenerational-solidarity-elders-join-youth-climate-strikes
Massachusetts Catholic bishops call for action on climate change, environmental protection
By Anne-Gerard Flynn
Mass Live
September 16, 2019
https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/09/massachusetts-catholic-bishops-call-for-action-on-climate-change-environmental-protection.html
Our 'common home' is burning
By Miguel H. Díaz
National Catholic Reporter
September 10, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/theology-en-la-plaza/our-common-home-burning
Francis urges Madagascar's leaders to protect island's unique ecosystem
By Joshua J. McElwee
National Catholic Reporter
September 7, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/francis-urges-madagascars-leaders-protect-islands-unique-ecosystem
For Pope Francis, a Perfect Moment for an Unsettling Warning on the Environment
By Jason Horowitz
New York Times
September 7, 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/07/world/africa/pope-africa-climate-change.html
Pope urges politicians to take 'drastic measures' on climate change
By Philip Pullella
Reuters
September 1, 2019
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-environment-pope/pope-urges-politicians-to-take-drastic-measures-on-climate-change-idUSKCN1VM161?fbclid=IwAR2Guqsr3oGWg9AJ70Fj0TZ03v4Zr5Opf6Q1vh7hPzoZSfLqz0qLZDj7gTw
Catholic Energies is on a mission to bring “Laudato Si'” to life
By J-P Mauro
Aleteia
August 9, 2019
https://aleteia.org/2019/08/09/catholic-energies-is-on-a-mission-to-bring-laudato-si-to-life/
Minnesota churches move to bring 'Laudato Si' into parish life
By Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service
National Catholic Reporter
July 24, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/minnesota-churches-move-bring-laudato-si-parish-life
Climate should be 'a central priority' for US church, says Bishop McElroy
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter
July 23, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/climate-should-be-central-priority-us-church-says-bishop-mcelroy
Young people's activism is sign of hope for Earth, says Cardinal Turkson
By Frederick Nzwili, Catholic News Service
National Catholic Reporter
July 17, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/young-peoples-activism-sign-hope-earth-says-cardinal-turkson
Filippine bishops issue pastoral letter on “climate emergency”
By Robin Gomes
Vatican News
July 16, 2019
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2019-07/philippines-bishops-cbcp-pastoral-letter-climate-emergency.html
Amid climate threat, Catholics pursue ecological conversion in US church
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter
July 11, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/amid-climate-threat-catholics-pursue-ecological-conversion-us-church
The Vatican and UN Environment bring faith organizations together to “care for our common home”
UN Environment
July 8, 2019
https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/vatican-and-un-environment-bring-faith-organizations-together-care-our
Perspective: Global country-by-country response of public interest in the environment to the papal encyclical, Laudato Si′
By Malcolm L.McCallum
Biological Conservation, Vol. 235
July 2019
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320718315477
How do you teach a 'teaching document'? Arizona high school shows how
By Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service
Global Sisters Report
June 27, 2019
https://www.globalsistersreport.org/news/environment/how-do-you-teach-teaching-document-arizona-high-school-shows-how-56292
‘Laudato Si’’ calls us to ecological conversion. What does that look like?
By William Critchley-Menor, S.J.
America: The Jesuit Review
June 18, 2019
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/06/18/laudato-si-calls-us-ecological-conversion-what-does-look
In pastoral statement, California bishops outline Laudato Si' action plan
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter
June 18, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/pastoral-statement-california-bishops-outline-laudato-si-action-plan
California's bishops call for ecological conversion on 'Laudato si' milestone
By Christopher White
Crux
June 18, 2019
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2019/06/18/californias-bishops-call-for-ecological-conversion-on-laudato-si-milestone/
Pope Francis declares 'climate emergency' and urges action
By Fiona Harvey and Jillian Ambrose
The Guardian
June 14, 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/14/pope-francis-declares-climate-emergency-and-urges-action
Pope Francis on climate change: Time is of the essence
Vatican News
May 28, 2019
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-05/pope-francis-on-climate-change-time-is-of-the-essence.html
Cardinal Turkson on Fourth Anniversary of Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato si’
ZENIT
May 24, 2019
https://zenit.org/articles/cardinal-turkson-on-fourth-anniversary-of-pope-francis-encyclical-laudato-si/
Laudato Si' Generation rallies Catholic youth for climate strikes
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter
May 24, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/laudato-si-generation-rallies-catholic-youth-climate-strikes
Interest in protecting environment up since Pope’s 2015 encyclical
By John Cannon
Mongabay
May 21, 2019
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/05/interest-in-protecting-environment-up-since-popes-2015-encyclical/
Conservationists at Vatican conference call for protecting biodiversity
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service
National Catholic Reporter
May 17, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/conservationists-vatican-conference-call-protecting-biodiversity
Q & A with Sr. Sheila Kinsey, advocating for Earth through Sowing Hope for the Planet
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter
May 14, 2019
https://www.globalsistersreport.org/blog/q/environment/q-sr-sheila-kinsey-advocating-earth-through-sowing-hope-planet-56164
Respect rights of indigenous people, culture, pope tells mining industry
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service
National Catholic Reporter
May 3, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/francis-chronicles/respect-rights-indigenous-people-culture-pope-tells-mining-industry
Two generations, one prophetic call for climate justice
By Tomás Insua
National Catholic Reporter
April 25, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/two-generations-one-prophetic-call-climate-justice
Pope Francis meets with climate-strike teen Greta Thunberg
By Joshua J. McElwee
National Catholic Reporter
April 17, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/pope-francis-meets–climate-strike-teen-greta-thunberg
Pope’s greeting of young climate change activist checks all his boxes
By Elise Harris
Crux
April 17, 2019
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-europe/2019/04/17/popes-greeting-of-young-climate-change-activist-checks-all-his-boxes/
Would Pope Francis back the Green New Deal?
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter
April 15, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/would-pope-francis-back-green-new-deal
Where science warnings fail, can moral force push us out of climate inertia?
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter
April 8, 2019
https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/where-science-warnings-fail-can-moral-force-push-us-out-climate-inertia
Holy See: Church is committed to integral ecology of indigenous people
By Robin Gomes
Vatican News
March 20, 2019
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2019-03/holy-see-un-auza-indigenous-amazonia-integral-ecology.html