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'Rock-star pope' intends to amplify his climate message

January 7, 2015
By Scott Detrow, E&E reporter
ClimateWire

Pope Francis has led the Catholic Church for less than two years. But during that short window, he has breathed new life into a religion struggling with apathy and scandal; earned the praise of social justice activists around the world for an intense focus on poverty; and even played a role in ending a half-century-...

Why Pope Francis is going green in 2015

Pope Francis has made an ambitious New Year’s resolution: help heal human relations with all of creation.

By Stephen Scharper
The Star
January 5, 2015

While many make New Year resolutions involving better exercise, improved diet, and enhanced time management, Pope Francis appears to have adopted a slightly broader New Year’s objective: to help heal...

Pope Francis plants a flag in the ground on climate change

The Pope’s expected actions continue a tradition of leadership

By John Abraham
The Guardian
January 6, 2015

Green Church Newsletter

January 2015

http://egliseverte-greenchurch.ca/green/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=archive&task=view&mailid=56&key=415afdd1b9563923821fbe5ce9c0009a...

Pope Francis climate change call to action makes waves in faith communities

January 5, 2015
CBC/Radio–Canada

The Current
With Anna Maria Tremonti

The Catholic Church is about to bring the influence of the Holy See to the issue of climate change. Today, we look at the religious push to protect the environment.

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2015 could be the year we save the earth

January 2, 2015
By NCR Editorial Staff
National Catholic Reporter

When it comes to our planet’s health, “2015 could be a decisive year in history,” Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, told a gathering in London in November. We agree with the bishop: 2015 could go down in history as the year we saved the earth. We hope Catholics...

Tracing the Roots of Pope Francis's Climate Plans for 2015

December 31, 2014
By Andrew C. Revkin
Dot Earth
New York Times

One of the highlights of my year, perhaps my career, was being able to participate in “Sustainable Humanity, Sustainable Nature: Our Responsibility,” a four-day Vatican workshop aimed at shaping strategies for...

Can a Christian Make Conservatives Care About Climate Change?

Meet the 29-year-old using her conservative pedigree to help save the planet

By Coco McPherson
Rolling Stone
January 1, 2015

Review of Ecology and Religion by John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker

Grim, John and Mary Evelyn Tucker. Ecology and Religion. Washington, DC: Island, 2014.

Review by Sam Mickey

The Trumpeter
Volume 30, Number 1 (2014)

http://trumpeter.athabascau.ca/index.php/trumpet/article/view/1377/1655

Pope Francis Calls for Action on Climate Change & Capitalism on a Planet "Exploited by Human Greed"

December 31, 2014
Democracy Now

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