May 2017 News

May 30, 2017
May 30, 2017By Martin Regg Cohn, Ontario Politics ColumnistToronto Star It is not his destiny to be the next Dalai Lama. For he is already reincarnated as the 17th Karmapa...
May 29, 2017
May 29, 2017 By Dana Wachter Global Sisters Report With master’s degrees and doctorates in eco-theology and eco-ethics, St. Joseph Srs. Linda Gregg and Mary Rowell run...
May 25, 2017
May 24, 2017By Katie ReillyTime Pope Francis gave President Donald Trump a copy of his landmark 2015 encyclical on climate change when the two leaders met at the Vatican on...
May 25, 2017
May 24, 2017By Kyle JensenSouth Whidbey Record A Tibetan Buddhist religious community will circumnavigate Whidbey Island next Tuesday in a not-so-usual boat trip aimed at...
May 24, 2017
May 24, 2017By Tom HeneghanNational Catholic Reporter The Volkswagen emissions scandal, which began when its “clean diesel” cars were found to be rigged to cheat on pollution...
May 24, 2017
May 24, 2017By Kevin Hardy USA Today While their reasons may differ, the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska found local farmers and ranchers on their side when the two groups raised...
May 23, 2017
May 23, 2017 By Donna Schaper  National Catholic Reporter Pragmatists set small goals and achieve them. Utopians set large goals and often fail. People of faith often...
May 16, 2017
May 15, 2017http://www.ecojesuit.com/ Our editorial shares the press release from the Global Catholic Climate Movement that announced on 10 May 2017 the largest joint...
May 15, 2017
May 15, 2017By Sarah M. Pike International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture (ISSRNC) On behalf of the Board of Directors of the ISSRNC, I want to convey...
May 15, 2017
May 15, 2017By Nika KnightCommon Dreams As a nearly ten-days-long global mobilization calling for divestment from fossil fuels comes to an end, climate campaigners are...
May 13, 2017
May 12, 2017Parliament of the World’s Religionshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1v7KzhBXHE&feature=youtu.be This panel and discussion was held on April 26 during...
May 13, 2017
People of diverse faiths came together on April 29 to speak out for our neighbors and the climate we share, forming a faith contingent at the People’s Climate Marches....
May 11, 2017
May 11, 2017By Sam MoweGarrison Institute When you pay attention to what’s happening to the world—the destruction of our air, soil, and water—it is common...
May 10, 2017
May 10, 2017  By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Washington - Nine Catholic organizations, including five religious orders and an archdiocese in Italy, plan to...
May 9, 2017
May 9, 2017By María de Lourdes López MunguíaGlobal Sisters Report This morning I look and enjoy the sunrise from the mountain … but also I can smell the...
May 9, 2017
May 9, 2017 By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Vatican City - Science and religion are not at odds but are united in the continuing search for truth in unlocking...
May 5, 2017
May 5, 2017Earth Charter Initiative The Seventh Interactive Dialogue of the United Nations General Assembly on Harmony with Nature took place on Friday, 21 April 2017 under...
May 3, 2017
May 2, 2017By Ben RosenThe Christian Science Monitor The terms “pro-life” and “pro-environment” are not normally linked, but a growing number of Christian leaders insist they...
May 2, 2017
May 1, 2017By Cherri Foytlin AlterNet Washington D.C.—On Saturday, over 200,000 people marched through the streets of Washington, D.C. in response to the Trump...
May 2, 2017
May 1, 2017  By Dennis Sadowski National Catholic Reporter Washington - Carrying banners and signs with quotes from Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’,” hundreds of...
May 1, 2017
Capstone Seminar for the Interdisciplinary Minor in Environmental EthicsMarquette UniversityMay 2017 Collected by Alyx Birmingham, Eleni Eisenhart, Heidi Golembiewski, Lydia...