Tag: Laudato Si

During their fall general assembly 13 November, US Bishops included the suggestion of returning to the church's long-time practice of abstaining from meat on Fridays.

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.

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.

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.   

In his message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, Pope Francis asked humanity not to become arrogant. He said humans must change from being "predators" of the world to "farmers" of the Earth, which God entrusted to man.

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.

The kit offers practical ways that individuals, families, parishes and schools, can engage with Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment

Australia’s natural environment is under increasing stress and has one of the highest rates of species decline in the world, according to a government...

By Linda Curtis To help mark the seventh anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical on creation care, Laudato Si, the student leaders of St Mary's primary...

As we saw, the Christians at Corinth somehow seemed to have accepted the idea that Jesus was raised from the dead but found it incredible to believe we could be likewise raised in a glorified body.

Last time in this space we discussed the embarrassment of a Catholic school forbidding its students to wear their uniforms to a climate change...

St Charles’ Catholic Primary School Waverley lead the way on Laudato Si Six years after Pope Francis wrote his encyclical letter on care for the...