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African Catholic climate activists warn against proposed pipeline
- Sep 12, 2020
As Catholic groups worldwide divest from fossil fuels, some priests, environmental conservationists and activists in East Africa are resisting an oil pipeline taking shape in their region.
New book recounts pope’s vision for integral ecology
- Sep 8, 2020
In a new book featuring his conversations with Pope Francis, Italian environmental activist Carlo Petrini said he hopes the published discussions will contribute to the groundwork laid out by Laudato Si’.
Juliette Binoche, other French environmentalists get pope’s backing
- Sep 3, 2020
Actress Juliette Binoche and fellow French environmentalists received encouragement from Pope Francis at a private Vatican meeting Thursday where he told them people shouldn’t lose hope even when the condition of the planet can appear “catastrophic.”
Pope applauds initiatives ahead of world day of prayer for creation
- Aug 31, 2020
Pope Francis encouraged global initiatives for the protection of the environment, especially in Mauritius after a devastating oil spill threatened the livelihood of the island nation’s inhabitants and wildlife.
Solar program aids Virginia parishes, schools as environmental stewards
- Aug 30, 2020
Inspired by Pope Francis’s 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home, parishes and schools have partnered with Catholic Energies, a program of the Washington-based Catholic Climate Covenant, to integrate solar energy and other energy-saving tools into daily operations.
Mauritius cardinal praises outpouring of solidarity after oil spill
- Aug 14, 2020
Cardinal Maurice Piat of Port-Louis, Mauritius, has praised public responses to an oil spill that devastated the island’s coastline, as one prominent lay Catholic demanded “honest information” about the disaster.
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