integral ecology Archives

Church must empower indigenous, not speak for them, cardinal says

Oct 29, 2020

Peruvian Cardinal Pedro Barreto, the new leader of the Church’s largest network in the Amazon, has said his top priorities are to protect indigenous communities and to fight poverty as COVID-19 continues to ravage Latin America.

By Elise Ann Allen

Retreat center shows that going green also saves some green

Jan 24, 2020

A California retreat center’s latest effort to implement Pope Francis’s vision of “integral ecology” is expected to save Catholics in its region more than $2 million over the next 25 years.

By Nick Mayrand

Vatican calls Greta Thunberg ‘great witness’ of Church’s environmental teaching

Dec 12, 2019

On Thursday top Vatican officials hailed Swedish teen Greta Thunberg, recently named TIME Magazine’s “Person of the Year” for her environmental advocacy, as a “great witness” of Church teaching on care for creation and the human person.

By Elise Harris

Amazon synod reports support, dissent on married priests and women deacons

Oct 18, 2019

Judging from Friday’s reports, the Oct. 6-27 Synod on the Amazon, there’s overwhelming consensus on most points, such as Pope Francis’s call for an “integral ecology.” Yet even within that climate of basic harmony, there were also scattered notes of dissent on two hot-button questions: Married priests and women deacons.

By Crux Staff

Integral ecology: Challenging people to broaden their focus of concern

Sep 21, 2019

Integral ecology — a phrase often used when discussing the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon — highlights not just the interconnectedness that exists among God, humanity and creation, but also recognizes how political, economic, cultural, social and religious values and decisions are interrelated and affect the way people live with one another on the planet and use its resources.

By Carol Glatz

Vatican environment summit challenges Trump on climate change

Jul 6, 2018

As climate change is faced with a political vacuum in terms of leadership, participants at a Vatican summit on the environment ask whether religious institutions can take the reins in promoting the care of creation.

By Claire Giangravè