Laudato Si 4th Anniversary remarks: 1.5 C is a moral and religious threshold says Cardinal Turkson May 31, 2019 | UncategorizedThe following is the Message of the Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, His Eminence Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, to the scientific community on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato si’:...
Less time than you think say Figueres, Schellnhuber, Rockstrom, Rahmstorf and more May 31, 2019 | BlogThe Global Catholic Climate Movement is a co-signer on this article published 3 years ago Christiana Figueres and colleagues set out a six-point plan for turning the tide of the world’s carbon dioxide by 2020. Three years to safeguard our climate Christiana Figueres,...
All religions ‘must unite to protect biodiversity’: Rome conference ends in call to action as one million species face extinction May 31, 2019 | Blog“We need to change our mindset, our mentality of exploitation that has driven us to the point where we are now.” La Croix, Vatican City, 20 May 2019 (Image: Pixabay) To sustain a rapidly expanding global population on a planet of finite resources, people...
Philippine bishops quote Pope Francis in supporting Native Peoples Opposing Dam May 31, 2019 | UncategorizedIn La Croix, May 2019 Tribesmen search for food in a river which tribal people claim is being threatened by the building of a dam in the northern Philippine province of Quezon. (Photo by Pau Villanueva) Tribal people were all ears as a Catholic priest talked about the...
The Church and Mining: What is Happening to our Common Home? May 30, 2019 | BlogBy Scott Wright We live in a world radiant with beauty and one that is also crying out for redemption. The entire Creation is filled with the beauty and colors of the Seasons of Creation, at the same time it is groaning under the impact of climate change: extreme...
