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Holy See: Church is committed to integral ecology of indigenous people

At an international conference in Georgetown University, Washington DC, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations in New York, spoke about the Church’s commitment to the indigenous people.

By Robin Gomes
Vatican News
March 20, 2019

Faith activists urge UN Environment Assembly to address human side of climate change

March 18, 2019
By Fredrick Nzwili
National Catholic Reporter

NAIROBI, Kenya — At a small tent on the edge of the U.N. campus here, environmental activists from the world’s faith traditions huddled on the sidelines of last week’s March 11-15 meeting of some 5,000 environmental scientists, politicians and civil society, the fourth gathering of the United...

Sacred Sites Research Newsletter

March 2019

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W.S. Merwin, prize-winning poet of nature, dies at 91

March 15, 2019
PBS

HONOLULU — W.S. Merwin, a prolific and versatile poetry master who evolved through a wide range of styles as he celebrated nature, condemned war and industrialism and reached for the elusive past, died Friday. He was 91.

YDS climate panel pushes past denial and despair

March 14, 2019
Yale Divinity School

Hope does not come easy or cheap, as YDS Professor Clifton Granby put it, in a time when climate change is advancing and human society seems unable to respond.

But while not flinching from the enormity of the challenge—the greatest humans have ever faced, in the words of panel member Mary Evelyn Tucker—a YDS public forum in Atlanta on...

A Different Kind of Green Book - the Qur'an

March 9, 2019
Spirit in Action
Northern Spirit Radio

Integral Water Ethic (podcast)

Deep Water Initiative Podcast with Elizabeth McAnally and Charlie Forbes

March 10, 2019

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God and the earth: Evangelical take on climate change

March 7, 2019
By Shay Meinecke
Deutsche Welle

Conservative Christians have long opposed climate science, saying human induced warming goes against God’s omnipotence. Opinions divide on whether that thinking might slowly be changing.

Faith community joins Florida congressman in opposing offshore drilling

March 1, 2019
By Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service Environment
National Catholic Reporter

Washington — Rep. Francis Rooney, a former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, cautioned that offshore drilling for oil in Florida’s coastal waters would endanger the state’s tourism-based economy should a major spill occur.

Remembering Co-Founder Jim Mulligan

March 2019
Earth Ministry

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Earth Ministry co-founder Rev. Jim Mulligan. Jim was a wise and loving person who brought his commitment, experience, and energy to Earth Ministry.  His care for God’s creation and the human and natural communities of our common home set the standard for our mission and programs. 

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