Second Catholic climate conference looks to build more momentum among US church

By Brian Roewe
EarthBeat
July 9, 2021

Have Catholics in the United States made any progress in responding to environmental challenges? Have new pathways of cooperation opened up between the church and the White House under President Joe Biden? And how much enthusiasm is there across the country to join the Vatican's ambitious push toward total sustainability this decade?

All these questions will be topics of discussion at the “Laudato Si' and the U.S. Catholic Church” conference being held virtually July 13-15.

The conference is the second of three biennial gatherings organized and co-hosted by Catholic Climate Covenant and Creighton University. The series aims to raise ambition and action within the U.S. Catholic Church in responding to Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical “Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home.”

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