Tag: Environmentalism

The poor and vulnerable must be front and centre when it comes to climate change policies, said two leading bishops of the Catholic Church in the US and the head of the US church's international humanitarian agency, in a statement issued ahead of the United Nations' annual gathering on climate concerns.

The Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, Bartholomew I of Constantinople, made an historic visit to St Mary’s Cathedral as part of his tour of Australia. The University of Notre Dame Australia awarded him with an honorary doctorate for his ministry of unity and commitment to dialogue and environmental issues.

Revisiting books about family life in the past is a nice reminder of just how good we middle-class Catholics have got it today. So join Philippa Martyr in thanksgiving for the blessings of our modern world.

The Holy Father asks us to pray for the “cry of the Earth” in September. As we reflect on his intention, we must remember that caring for creation requires simplicity and humility, writes Sr Margaret Ghosn MSHF.

In this Season of Creation we must take seriously Pope Francis’ frustrations with the slow response to the climate crisis and environmental harms to our common home. While much depends on governments, ordinary Catholics can discuss the Holy Father’s teaching and take action in their own lives, writes Sr Maureen Salmon of the Sisters of St Joseph Lochinvar.

Key to pope Francis' pontificate has always been the importance of reaching out to the peripheries— made clear by his recent trip to be close to the most marginalised in Papua New Guinea.

At 14 years old, Francisco Vera is different from other teens his age, having already established an initiative with his friends called "Guardians for Life," to advocate for the environment.   

Pope Francis instituted a new law with the name of "Brother Sun" a reference to St Francis of Assisi, as he works toward making all the energy used by the Vatican City State,  renewable and clean. 

Southern Cross Care NSW & ACT has launched its first action plan inspired by Laudato si', titled Living Care: Plan for People and Planet 2024-2027.

It’s unfair to compare True Detective: Night Country to the show’s sublime first season. But it’s impossible not to, if only to show how much bleaker the post-Christian vision has become in the last decade

Michael Walker: Australians produce more than three times the average carbon emissions per capita, and even horror bushfires and floods aren't changing our habits

Yet, one still has cause to wonder. Why evaluate the level of climate-faith and the rate of ecological-conversion in the “Australian Church” by restricting one’s analysis to Archbishop Fisher’s footnotes alone?