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Will Pope's Much-Anticipated Encyclical Be A Clarion Call On Climate Change?

June 16, 2015
By Sylvia Poggioli
NPR

In April this year, on Earth Day, Pope Francis urged everyone to see the world through the eyes of God, as a garden to cultivate.

“May the way people treat the Earth not be guided by greed, manipulation, and exploitation, but rather may it preserve the divine harmony between creatures and creation, also in the service of future...

Pope Francis is bringing America's environmentalism movement to its religious and moral roots

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Pope Francis is actually bringing America’s environmentalism movement to its religious and moral roots

June 17, 2015
By Mark Stoll
Washington Post

Archbishop joins faith leaders calling for action on climate change

June 16, 2015
Archbishop of Canterbury

Archbishop Justin Welby and other faith leaders pledge to fast and pray for success of UN climate summit in Paris.


The Archbishop of Canterbury has joined faith leaders in Britain pledging to fast and pray for the success of key international negotiations over climate change, in a new declaration...

Theology, Ecology, and the Word: Notes from Halki Summit

By George Handley
Home Waters
June 2015
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/homewaters/

Part 1
June 8, 2015
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/homewaters/2015/06/theology-...

How Pope encyclical could affect more than just Catholics

June 17, 2015
By Kelsey Dallas
Desert News National

In a highly anticipated encyclical on the environment, Pope Francis this week condemned widespread disengagement with the issue of global warming, using both scientific and theological arguments, and creating an opportunity for leaders from all faiths to address what their religion teaches about caring for creation.

Pope Francis warns of destruction of world's ecosystem in leaked encyclical

Vatican condemns early release of document in which pontiff calls on people to change their lifestyles and energy consumption or face grave consequences

By Stephanie Kirchgaessner and John Hooper in Rome
The Guardian
June 15, 2015

National Sacred Places Prayer Day Coming Up

June 15, 2015
Indian Country Today Media Network

On June 19, The Morning Star Institute, a national Native rights organization, will hold a respectful observance to honor sacred places, sacred beings, and all who care for them, and protect them from harm.

Pope Francis' encyclical: PIK-scientists to speak in the Vatican and in Berlin

June 12, 2015
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Episcopal-Anglican-Lutheran leadership of Canada, US write to President Obama, Prime Minister Harper

June 12, 2015
Episcopal News Service

Torah, Pope Francis, & Crisis Inspire 300+ Rabbis to Call for Climate Action

June 10, 2015
Religion News Service

PHILADELPHIA – More than 300 rabbis — inspired by the climate crisis, the Torah’s call for a Sabbatical Year of releasing the Earth from overwork,  and the impending Papal Encyclical on the climate crisis — have joined their voices in the Rabbinic Letter on the Climate Crisis — a call to action to...

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