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Cardinal Turkson on Fourth Anniversary of Pope Francis' Encyclical Laudato si'

May 24, 2019
ZENIT

Profound Concerns of Many Scientists and Experts

The following is the Message of the Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, His Eminence Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, to the scientific community on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of Pope Francis’ Encyclical ...

Laudato Si' Generation rallies Catholic youth for climate strikes

May 24, 2019
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter

This article appears in the Our Common Home feature series. View the full series.

Hundreds of thousands of youth and...

Europe's first eco-mosque invokes God to fight climate change

May 22, 2019
By Adela Suliman
Thomson Reuters Foundation

Located in the world-famous British university city, the mosque opened its doors just in time for the fasting month of Ramadan and is adorned with wooden columns and solar panels

LONDON, May 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Europe’s first green mosque is hoping to harness the power of Islam to tackle...

Interest in protecting environment up since Pope's 2015 encyclical

May 21, 2019
By John Cannon
Mongabay

Conservationists at Vatican conference call for protecting biodiversity

May 17, 2019
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service
National Catholic Reporter

Vatican City — People’s attitudes toward nature as well as their economic systems and consumption habits need to radically change in order to protect biodiversity on the planet and promote a more sustainable and caring world, said participants at a Vatican-sponsored conference.

A look at Amazonia ahead of the October Synod of Bishops

May 14, 2019
Vatican News

In this video, Vatican Media presents some excerpts of video footage of the Pan-Amazon Region looking forward to the Synod of Bishops in October 2019.

The Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region, will be held from Sunday 6 to Sunday 27 October 2019 in the Vatican, to reflect on the theme: “Amazonia: new pathways for the...

Happy Birthday to Gaia elder Joanna Macy

May 2019
By Liz Hosken
Gaia Foundation

Gaia’s Director, Liz Hosken, celebrates the 90th birthday of one of Gaia’s great elders; educator and Earth defender Joanna Macy. She reflects on how Joanna’s ‘Work that Reconnects’ is helping inspire a new generation of movement leaders and activists for  Earth Jurisprudence across Africa.

Q & A with Sr. Sheila Kinsey, advocating for Earth through Sowing Hope for the Planet

May 14, 2019
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter

At the May 6-10 triennial meeting in Rome of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG), leadership of women religious around the world received an update on a campaign that aims to place special focus on congregations’...

U.S. religious leaders issue "Religious Declaration of Unprecedented Human Emergency"

May 9, 2019
By Margaret Bullitt-Jonas
Reviving Creation

UN report details humans have pushed one million species to the brink of extinction

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Society in jeopardy: UN report details humans have pushed one million species to the brink of extinction 

May 7, 2019
By Alexandra Jacobo
Nation of Change

The newest United Nations report on global biodiversity has officially been released and it solidifies what the initial draft warned: human exploitation of the environment has...

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