This July, Go Plastic-Free for Creation!
We are often asked what can we do to help slow climate change?
How a parish in the South Side of Chicago became an urban oasis
St. James Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago takes walking seriously, much like the pilgrims devoted to its patron saint. And while a new Laudato Si’-inspired labyrinth the parish is planning won’t be nearly as long as the famed Camino de Santiago, it can still be a source of spiritual sustenance, parish leaders said.
“We want it to be a place where people can come and experience grace,” said Amy Pellettiere, the Vitality Coordinator at St. James, “even amidst all of the noise and busyness of the city.”
The window of time to act is closing, but our hearts must remain open
In California, two young Catholics at the forefront of climate and environmental conversations and activism
In fall of 2021, the California Conference of Catholic Bishops made the exciting decision to participate in the Laudato Si’ Action Platform, sending a clear message about the importance of creation care that surely came as cause for celebration for the many Catholics across the state who have long been working to protect our common home and its most vulnerable members.
Enrollment in the Laudato Si’ Action Platform Kicks Off
Catholic Climate Covenant plays a key role in leading its development
Today in Rome, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development launched the much awaited enrollment phase of the Laudato Si’ Action Platform.
2020 Is Offering Us This: A Clearer Vision of What Is Required
As we reel from one crisis to another, 2020 is turning out to be a threshold moment that is challenging us all at once to focus on what is required to build a better world together – for all of us, and for future generations.
Panel explores how encyclical promotes connection between people, nature
Participants in a May 29, 2020, Zoom dialogue about "Laudato Si After Five Years: Hearing the Cry of the Earth and the Cry of the Poor" discussed five years of Laudato Si' They are Kim Daniels of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University; Christiana Zenner of Fordham University; Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development; Dan Misleh of Catholic Climate Covenant ; and Kim Wasserman of Little Village Environmental Justice Organization.
U.S. Catholics celebrate 5th anniversary of Pope Francis’ call to care for our common home
U.S. Catholics celebrate 5th anniversary of Pope Francis’ call to care for our common home
Laudato Si'--In Spoken Word
GreyComm Studios presents a multimedia spoken word representation of Laudato Si'.