Environment Ecology Archives

Massachusetts Catholic leaders call for climate change action

Associated Press, Church in the US
Sep 16, 2019

The leaders of the four Catholic dioceses in Massachusetts are calling on the faithful to address climate change.

Minnesota bishops bring ‘Laudato Si’ to the pews

Interviews
Sep 3, 2019

The Minnesota Catholic Conference has a program to help spread the message of Pope Francis’s ecological encyclical ‘Laudato Si’ to the people in the pew.

English bishop finds concrete ways to encourage eco-friendly practices

Catholic News Service, Church in UK and Ireland
Aug 28, 2019

An English bishop is creating a green oasis in the grounds of his residence in the hope of inspiring visitors to heed the call of Pope Francis to “care for our common home.”

Ghana’s faith-based community learns how to recycle hazardous e-waste

Catholic News Service, Church in Africa
Aug 27, 2019

Caritas Ghana, the development agency of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, organized a workshop for faith-based organizations to help employees learn how to safely and effectively dispose of electronic waste.

Lead scrubbed from Paris streets as Notre Dame work resumes

Associated Press, Church in Europe
Aug 19, 2019

Specialists shoring up fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral returned Monday to the Paris site for the first time in nearly a month, this time wearing disposable underwear and other protective gear after a delay prompted by fears of lead contamination.

Sustainable land use urged to ease growing threats to food, water

Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
Aug 17, 2019

Leading five seminarians on an eight-week summer service program largely through Appalachia and South America, Conventual Franciscan Father Michael Lasky saw a new awareness rising in the young men’s minds.