May 2019 News

May 29, 2019
May 29, 2019By Annie SneedScientific American A major U.N.-backed report says that nature on indigenous peoples’ lands is degrading less quickly than in other areas A...
May 28, 2019
Pope Francis tells finance ministers they have “the responsibility of working to achieve the goals that your governments have adopted” to combat climate change....
May 27, 2019
May 27, 2019By James McGowanThe Dark Mountain Project The fire at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris last month has sparked a discussion about the contrast between the way our...
May 25, 2019
May 24, 2019ZENIT Profound Concerns of Many Scientists and Experts The following is the Message of the Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development,...
May 25, 2019
Born in Toronto, Troster, who described himself as an “eco-theologian,” spent summers growing up in Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, where long canoe trips...
May 24, 2019
May 24, 2019By Brian Roewe National Catholic Reporter This article appears in the Our Common Home feature series. View the full series. Hundreds of thousands of youth and...
May 22, 2019
May 22, 2019By Adela SulimanThomson Reuters Foundation Located in the world-famous British university city, the mosque opened its doors just in time for the fasting month of...
May 21, 2019
May 21, 2019By John CannonMongabay New research into the usage of environmentally related search terms on Google suggests that interest in the environment has...
May 17, 2019
May 17, 2019By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service National Catholic Reporter Vatican City — People’s attitudes toward nature as well as their economic systems and...
May 15, 2019
May 14, 2019By Brian RoeweNational Catholic Reporter At the May 6-10 triennial meeting in Rome of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG), leadership of women...
May 15, 2019
May 2019By Liz HoskenGaia Foundation Gaia’s Director, Liz Hosken, celebrates the 90th birthday of one of Gaia’s great elders; educator and Earth defender Joanna...
May 15, 2019
May 14, 2019Vatican News In this video, Vatican Media presents some excerpts of video footage of the Pan-Amazon Region looking forward to the Synod of Bishops in October 2019...
May 9, 2019
May 9, 2019By Margaret Bullitt-JonasReviving Creation What is an emergency? Merriam-Webster defines emergency as “an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the...
May 7, 2019
Full title: Society in jeopardy: UN report details humans have pushed one million species to the brink of extinction  May 7, 2019By Alexandra JacoboNation of Change The...
May 3, 2019
May 3, 2019By Junno Arocho EstevesCatholic News ServiceNational Catholic Reporter Vatican City — A “fallacious” economic model that exploits the earth’s resources...
May 1, 2019
Full title: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Host International Summit on “Theological Formation and Ecological Awareness”May 1, 2019Halki Summit III Press...
May 1, 2019
We live in a watershed moment for the planet and for religious congregations. The threatening planetary water crisis demands a strong response. Congregations who engage in...