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Bishop ask Christians to be guardians of the environment

April 15, 2017
News Ghana

The Most Reverend Joseph Osei-Bonsu, the immediate past President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, in his Easter message has asked Ghanaians to take care of God’s creation in view of the many threats to the environment.

He noted that sanitation menace, rapid rate of deforestation, bush fires, the clearing of natural habitats for mining,...

Easter and the environment

Catholic Church Head Archbishop Peter Loy Chong
The Fiji Times
April 14, 2017

Peace — Shalom! (May you have fullness of life). Peace is the first word uttered by Jesus to his disciples after he rose from the dead. Jesus greets the disciples who were still traumatised by his humiliating and brutal death.

Cynthia Moe-Lobeda & Scott Thalacker on Access Utah

April 11, 2017
By Tom Williams
Utah Public Radio

This interview links climate change to economic and racial injustice, and addresses it all through a theological lens.

Listen to the interview here:

http://upr.org/post/cynthia-moe-lobeda-scott-thalacker-access-utah

Greenhouses open doors for sisters who farm difficult land

April 10, 2017
By Rose Achiego
Global Sisters Report

Animal Ethics Centre Fellows Exceed One Hundred

April 8, 2017
EIN Presswire

The appointment of eight new Fellows of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics takes the total number of Fellows to over one hundred international academics.

Climate change is the prophetic call to repentance of our time

April 6, 2017
By John Surette
National Catholic Reporter

In biblical times, repentance manifested itself in external signs such as fasting, public lamentations, loud cries and in the wearing of sackcloth and ashes. These external signs indicated a change of heart, a radical turning about. Repentance signified a turning in direction, not a minor one, but a 180-degree turning...

St. Francis Alliance proclaims protection of all God's creatures

April 4, 2017
By Sharon Abercrombie
National Catholic Reporter

Just before Lent, about two dozen people gathered for three days at the San Damiano Spiritual Life Retreat Center in White Post, Virginia, to reflect on their various faith calls to protect all of God’s creation — and...

Religion is important in protecting the environment - interfaith groups

April 4, 2017  
Astro Awani

Kuala Lumpur: Religion plays a significant role in ensuring environmental sustainability and mankind, as God’s steward on Earth, has the responsibility to protect it.

This was the message conveyed by interfaith groups dedicated to tackle issues relating to climate change through a religious perspective.

During the dialogue...

Himalayan glaciers granted status of 'living entities'

April 1, 2017
Phys.org

An Indian court has recognised Himalayan glaciers, lakes and forests as “legal persons” in an effort to curb environmental destruction, weeks after it granted similar status to the country’s two most sacred rivers.

In a decision that aims to widen environmental protections in the mountainous region, the court granted the legal standing to glaciers...

Keystone XL: Environmental and Native Groups Sue to Halt Pipeline

Native American groups as well as environmental advocates are challenging the State Department’s approval, based on its about-face on the environmental impact.

By Phil McKenna
Inside Climate News
March 30, 2017

Several environmental and Native American advocacy groups have filed two separate lawsuits against the State Department over its approval of the...

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