Year in Review: signs of 2015
environment
Plan Offers Ways to Implement Encyclical
The produce raised at a parish community garden goes to needy families in Georgia. The garden is an example of how the Atlanta Archdiocese hopes Catholics and parishes can implement “Laudato Si’.”
The Incarnation and the World
(Fourth in a series) THE MEANING AND mystery of the Incarnation, the taking on of flesh by the Son of God, can be thought about, prayed about, read about and deeply embraced. Yet there is always more richness, insight and grace to take from it.
Preparedness Is Key as Philippines Still at Risk
Two years after Super Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines, community members in a small town met to discuss how to survive another typhoon, what to do in case of an earthquake and how to plan for a tsunami.
Catholic Groups Support Climate Control Meeting
Hundreds of thousands of people in at least 150 countries around the world demanded action on climate change on the eve of a U.N. conference that aimed to find agreement on greenhouse gas emissions.
Adviser to Pope: We Can’t Ignore Climate Control
People of developed nations share responsibility with the rest of the world to protect the earth from environmental destruction and assist poor communities in escaping poverty, a cardinal who is a chief adviser to the pope said.
Pope Leads Prayers for The Care of Creation
Pope Francis prayed people would learn to contemplate God in the universe and protect life on the World Day of Care for Creation.
Men Religious Commit to Cherish Creation
The Conference of Major Superiors of Men overwhelmingly passed a resolution committing to “a deeper engagement” to protect the earth and “cherish all creation” during its annual assembly in Charlotte, N.C., this month.
Pope Designates World Day of Care for Creation
Like their Orthodox brothers and sisters, Catholics formally will mark Sept. 1 as the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, Pope Francis said.
Dominicans Connect With Pope’s Words (with slide show)
Caring for all of God’s creation is the theme of Pope Francis’ recent encyclical “Laudato si’.” It’s also been at the heart of a farming project conducted for the past 20 years by the Sisters of St. Dominic at their motherhouse in Amityville, L.I.