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Pope Francis's environmental message brings thousands on to streets in Rome

Vatican officials to discuss climate change and environment with scientists and activists including Naomi Klein

By Rosie Scammell
The Guardian
June 28, 2015

Thousands of campaigners and religious leaders have marched through Rome, backing Pope Francis’s uncompromising environmental message ahead of a Vatican conference on climate change, and urging world leaders to...

ESA commends Pope Francis for encyclical on the environment

June 29, 2015
By Monica G. Turner, David W. Inouye, and Jill S. Baron
Ecological Society of America

The following statement is attributable to the Ecological Society of America (ESA), President-elect Monica G. Turner, PhD, President David W. Inouye, PhD and Immediate Past-president Jill S. Baron, PhD. ESA represents nearly 10,000 professional ecologists in the US.

Climate Marchers Gather to Show Rousing Support for Pope

June 28, 2015
By Elisabetta Povoledo
New York Times

VATICAN CITY — When Pope Francis appeared on the balcony of the Apostolic Palace, where he delivers an address each Sunday, he was met by the usual cheers and by an unusual...

Dalai Lama tells Glastonbury of the need to speak out on climate change

June 28, 2015
By Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Josh Halliday
The Guardian

Tibetan spiritual leader endorses pope’s radical message on environment and calls for more pressure to be put on international governments

The Dalai Lama has endorsed the pope’s radical message...

Love Conquers Hate, Amazing Grace

By Dana Beach
Coastal Conservation League
June 27, 2015

Folks,

The events of these last two weeks will undoubtedly be counted among the most important in decades. I suspect we will not fully understand their implications for years.

The Pope's Ecological Vow

June 28, 2015
By Paul Vallely
New York Times

Next Steps: After Pope Francis

June 25, 2015
Catholic Climate Covenant

FROM THE DIRECTOR

WHAT A WEEK: For Our Common Home

It’s been a tremendously exciting week here at the Covenant. Our staff read Pope Francis’s encyclical at home in the wee hours of the morning, and we were texting each other all the way through with exclamations of joy and surprise. I’ve got to tell you that...

Yale Environment 360 - A Note From the Editor

June 25, 2015

Steven Rockefeller on Laudato Si' and the Earth Charter

June 25, 2015
Earth Charter International

Laudato Si, the new encyclical issued by Pope Francis, is to a large extent a carefully crafted Christian theological discourse in support of ethical and spiritual values that are also fundamental to the Earth Charter. Pope Francis, therefore, chose to include a quotation from the Earth Charter in the encyclical, the first and last...

Mary Evelyn Tucker: Climate Change Brings Moral Change