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"Cultivating and Caring for Creation," 12 new on-line videos and study guides

“Cultivating and Caring for Creation”
12 new on-line videos and study guides in anticipation of Pope Francis’ coming encyclical, “Praised Be,” on the environment (unconfirmed publication date: June 16, 2015).

Green Spirit Television
June 2, 2015

Earth Keeper Newsletter

June 2015

Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute

http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=887c3de8b0&id=ad971c16e9&e=a758405790

Pope Francis' climate change encyclical expected to make global impact

May 30, 2015
By Ed Stannard
New Haven Register

Pope Francis’ much anticipated encyclical about climate change will make a major impact throughout the Roman Catholic Church and beyond, propelled by the severity of the issue and the pope’s personal popularity, say religious and environmental leaders in Connecticut.

Pope Francis' Integral Ecology

By Dave Pruett,
Former NASA researcher; Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, James Madison University
Huffington Post
May 28, 2015


“The age of nations is past. The task before us now, if we would not perish, is to build the earth.” – Teilhard de Chardin

 

There’s a new term being bandied about, and it’s high time we paid heed...

Awaiting ecology encyclical, Catholic groups prepare for pope's message

May 27, 2015
By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Few papal encyclicals have been as eagerly awaited as Pope Francis’ upcoming statement on the environment.

While no date other than early summer for its release has been announced, anticipation is building among Catholics as well as non-Catholics and advocates for the environment. Based on the...

Encyclical on environment sparks hope among academics, activists

May 26, 2015
By Thomas Reese
National Catholic Reporter

The encyclical on the environment, which Pope Francis is expected to release in June or July, is stimulating a great deal of discussion and hope in academia and the environmental movement.

The pope wants to make the environment one of the signature issues of his papacy. As he explained to reporters three days after...

Catholics organize to promote pope's climate change message

May 25, 2015
USA Today

NEW YORK (AP) — When Pope Francis releases his much-anticipated teaching document on the environment and climate change in the coming weeks, a network of Roman Catholics will be ready.

There will be prayer vigils and pilgrimages, policy briefings and seminars, and sermons in parishes from the U.S. to the Philippines.

Catholics prepare for pope's climate stance

Encyclical expected to underscore social justice, human cost

By Rachel Zoll, Associated Press
The Columbian
May 23, 2015

NEW YORK — There will be prayer vigils and pilgrimages, policy briefings and seminars, and sermons in parishes from the U.S. to the Philippines.

Dominican Sisters of Caldwell fight against climate change

Sisters seek sustainable lifestyles

By Nicole Bitette
New Jersey Hills
May 22, 2015

CALDWELL — The Dominican Sisters across five congregations, including Caldwell, are working together to reduce their carbon footprint and lead more sustainable lifestyles.

The Dominican Sisters have been studying ways to make ecologically sound decisions since the...

The Catholic Case for Tackling Climate Change

May 21, 2015
By Stephen Seufert
The Huffington Post

“Protecting our environment is an urgent moral imperative and sacred duty for all people of faith and conscience.” Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations

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