VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’, On Care for Our Common Home” points to numerous ways world organizations, nations and communities must move forward and the way individuals – believers and people of good will – should see, think, feel and act. Here are some of the pope’s suggestions, with references in […]
Laudato si’: Pope Francis’s Encyclical on the Environment
Laudato Si’ Is Riding High Wave of Approval
By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) – Long before Pope Francis’ encyclical on care for creation was released, it was providing a boost for a group of women struggling to keep the negative influences of modern-day life from erasing valued Mexican traditions and treasured cultural practices along the Mexico-Texas border. The dozens of members of El […]
Encyclical: Respect ‘Sister Earth’
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Earth, which was created to support life and give praise to God, is crying out with pain because human activity is destroying it, Pope Francis says in his long-awaited encyclical, “Laudato Si’, On Care for Our Common Home.” All who believe in God and all people of […]
Excerpts From the Pope’s Encyclical on the Environment
Read highlights from the Pope’s encyclical, “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.”
All Creation Sings God’s Praise, but People Are Silencing It, Pope Says
The earth, which was created to support life and give praise to God, is crying out with pain because human activity is destroying it, Pope Francis says in his long-awaited encyclical.
Encyclical’s Authority
Editorial: Care for the environment is a moral issue. Our Holy Father is asking us to take seriously our responsibility to care for our common home.
Bishops Discuss Encyclical, Marriage and Injustice
In the discussion of the pope’s upcoming encyclical on the environment and human ecology, the bishops were called on to help Catholics understand its message.
Encyclical on Environment Due Thursday
As soon as Pope Francis’ eagerly awaited encyclical on the environment is available from Catholic News Service (CNS), we will publish it here.
NET-TV Airs Documentary on Environment
New Evangelization Television (NET-TV) is televising its original production “Custody + Creation,” a moving environmental documentary about the care of creation and the role of the faithful. Assessing the state of the planet Earth and the imminent threat of climate change, “Custody + Creation” focuses on the Church’s reaffirmation of the biblical custody of the […]
Encyclical Has Franciscan Title
ROME (CNS) – “Laudato Si,” the title Pope Francis chose for his encyclical on the environment, comes from a hymn of praise by St. Francis of Assisi that emphasizes being in harmony with God, with other creatures and with other human beings, said the head of the Franciscan order. Sitting under towering trees, surrounded by […]