Creation Archives

Christians unite for “Season of Creation” Sep. 1-Oct. 4
- Vatican
- Jun 18, 2019
Representatives of several Christian churches, including the Catholic Church, the Anglican Church, and the Orthodox Church, are urging the faithful to see September as the “Season of Creation” in an effort to raise awareness about climate change.
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BioBlitz helps Mercy sisters catalog all forms of life on Vermont farm
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Jul 6, 2017
Thanks to a recent “BioBlitz,” the 39-acre Mercy Farm in Benson learned that it is home to an incredible variety of trees, animals, flowers and insects. “We are raping the earth for comfort and profit,” said the farm director. “It’s important that we have places like this in the world where people can get away from everyday life.”
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Amid the world’s darkness, God comes as a burst of light
- Commentary
- Dec 25, 2016
The Lord Jesus, therefore, does not teach humanity as an outsider but as a human being, as someone within the human family. In approaching Jesus Christ, therefore, humanity can see greater light and more deeply understand its own dignity.
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Let’s find the time to pray for creation, as Pope Francis asks

Pope Francis asks that today be set aside for prayer for the natural world, joining with Christians on the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. The case for praying to reconnect with the earth is made in a 1950 book deeply influential on Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’.

Mormons and Catholics have a lot to talk about

Faith

Sep 30, 2014

Mormon/Catholic dialogue. Say what? That’s right: Mormons and Catholics, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and Roman Catholics. Talking. And listening to each other. It can be done. This summer I traveled to Salt Lake City to give a lecture at the invitation of the