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God Amidst Our Planetary Crisis

Faith and Reason 360
Episode 9
October 13, 2017

As fires rage in California and hurricanes menace the Gulf Coast and the Caribbean, hosts Ann Phelps and Debo Dykes talk with guest Frederica Helmiere about the environment and what lessons Christians can learn from their interaction with the natural world.

Earth is speaking. Loudly. Can we hear?

October 12, 2017
By Elizabeth Allison
Huffington Post

Things are dire, but the fight for Earth is not over, says Bill McKibben

October 12, 2017
By Susan Gonzalez
Yale News

The planet Earth is in the beginning stages of a mass extinction, warned environmental activist and author Bill McKibben during his campus visit as a Chubb Fellow on Oct. 10.

Development, human rights, environment -- 'water is at the heart of all of it'

October 12, 2017
By Soli Salgado
Global Sisters Report

Water is the entry point for those on the justice-peace journey, Sr. Maura McGrath says.

“Water is life, it’s sacred, so it’s got to be our way into making any moves in terms of equality and human rights,” said the Congregation of Notre Dame sister...

McKibben talks climate change

October 11, 2017
By Chloe Glass
Yale Daily News

Award-winning author and environmental activist Bill McKibben addressed a crowd in Woolsey Hall Tuesday afternoon about the quickening pace of climate change and the ways citizens can work together to fight back.

For Native Americans, a river is more than a 'person,' it is also a sacred place

October 8, 2017
By Rosalyn R. LaPier
The Conversation

The environmental group Deep Green Resistance recently filed a first-of-its-kind legal suit against the state of Colorado...

Pope Francis emphasises need to care for oceans in message to Our Oceans Conference

October 6, 2017
By Massimo Costa
Malta Today

Pope Francis calls oceans “the common heritage of the human family” in letter to participants of ‘Our Ocean’ conference being held in Malta

In a letter addressed to the participants of the ‘Our Ocean’ conference, which is currently underway, Pope Francis encouraged efforts to deal with various pressing issues which...

The Challenge of Creating 'Ecological Civilization' in China

October 5, 2017
By Mary Evelyn Tucker
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

Marking the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi with the spirit of Standing Rock

October 5, 2017
By Eileen Markey
America Magazine

Clergy of many faiths from across the United States participate in a prayer circle on Nov. 3, 2016, in front of a bridge in Standing Rock, N.D., where demonstrators confront police during a protest of the Dakota Access pipeline. (CNS photo/Stephanie Keith, Reuters)

Notching a 'Victory' for our common home

October 4, 2017
By Brian Fraga
Our Sunday Visitor Newsweekly

Sisters leave a legacy by acting on the ecological call of Pope Francis and preserving their land forever

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