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Cardinal Peter Turkson, Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, has announced the creation of a Laudato Si’ Action Platform.

This passage from Laudato Si’ makes me think of one of the best examples of the interdependence of all living creatures and at the same time a successful strategy for species and ecosystem protection: the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park.

In Kenya, our CYNESA (Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa) team has been trying to do just that: working to implement two Laudato Si-inspired projects.

When I walk alongside the river, I notice ducklings drifting by, decaying piles of invasive wintercreeper vines, amur honeysuckle peeking through scatterings of gravel pebbles, and families gathered for picnic lunches.

Catholic parishes and nonprofits are uniquely positioned to live the covenantal relationship with God to be stewards of the Earth.

Hundreds of U.S. Catholic social ministry leaders came together recently for the annual Catholic Social Ministry Gathering.

The Caring for Our Common Home Committee at All Saints Church in Syracuse, NY recently completed three creation care events at their parish with a $1,000 Catholic Climate Project grant.

As we begin 2021 in the midst of a global pandemic that began when an infectious organism was transmitted from an animal to humans, we are reminded of the teachings of Laudato Si’

As we enter this new year, our nation had hoped to be facing better days soon.