After deadly riots, Ecuador's bishops call for 'evaluation' of prison system
- Feb 27, 2021
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.”
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