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  • Vatican City State is pesticide-free, imports green energy

    Vatican City State is pesticide-free, imports green energy

    • Dec 24, 2020

    The Vatican’s reforestation program has seen 300 trees of various species planted over the past three years, and “an important milestone” is the tiny nation “has achieved its goal of being pesticide-free,” Father Rafael Garcia de la Serrana Villalobos, told Vatican News in mid-December.

    By Carol Glatz
  • Around world, men, women, children ‘bear burden’ of climate change, says nuncio

    Around world, men, women, children ‘bear burden’ of climate change, says nuncio

    • Oct 15, 2020

    Protecting “our common home for present and future generations is one of the most urgent demands of our time,” Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations, said Oct. 13.

    By Catholic News Service
  • At five-year mark for ‘Laudato Si,’ Vatican offers a ‘users guide’

    At five-year mark for ‘Laudato Si,’ Vatican offers a ‘users guide’

    • Jun 18, 2020

    To mark the 5-year anniversary of the publication of Pope Francis’s eco-encyclical, Laudato Si, the Vatican Thursday published a “users guide” for parishes and public officials on how to implement the document.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • Franciscan-led team spearheads fight against mines in Honduran province

    Franciscan-led team spearheads fight against mines in Honduran province

    • Feb 16, 2020

    In the remote rural swathe known as the Wild West of Honduras, said to be a bandits’ hideout where it is “easy to get in, tough to get out,” the Church finds itself once again at the forefront of a movement for justice.

    By Catholic News Service
  • Ecological sin: Idea of updating catechism sparks debate

    Ecological sin: Idea of updating catechism sparks debate

    • Jan 5, 2020

    Pope Francis announced in 2019 that the Catechism of the Catholic Church would be updated to include a definition of “ecological sin.”

    By Junno Arocho Esteves
  • Religious freedom, security, climate change top Religions for Peace agenda

    Religious freedom, security, climate change top Religions for Peace agenda

    • Dec 21, 2019

    Religions for Peace, a coalition representing millions of believers, convened over 250 global religious peace-builders in New York to set priorities for addressing challenges faced by communities the world over, ranging from peace and security issues to environmental degradation and climate change to “freedom of thought, conscience and religion.”

    By Catholic News Service
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