The nation’s Catholics have started to reflect on their long-term responsibilities in the face of this unprecedented environmental catastrophe.
Climate Change
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A prayer during the Australian bushfires
To you, O God, I entrust my sorrow, my fears, my anguish, as well as the people, the flora and fauna, the land of Australia.
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Australian Catholics seek prayers as fires continue in four states
Bishop Shane Mackinlay of Diocese of Sandhurst expressed concern about “the impact that fires have already had on communities and by the anxiety that the threat of fire is causing.”
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Catholic climate groups vow to maintain pressure after COP25 failures
Catholic groups involved in climate change advocacy are frustrated over lack of progress in wake of UN climate talks in Spain.
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Pope Francis demands action for failing fight against climate change
Despite growing recognition of climate change as a legitimate and looming threat, current commitments to mitigate its effects and alter human behavior fall short of those needed to resolve the crisis in time, Pope Francis said.
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Pope Francis says success in protecting ozone layer offers lessons for the future
The pope’s message was addressed to those attending a meeting of state parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
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Mount St. Mary’s students and sisters among thousands threatened by California wildfires
The convent lost power and generators were put into place as backup. A fire department captain told local media that the sisters, some of whom were on oxygen, were scared but in good spirits. “We joked with them a little bit…. They are a great bunch of ladies.”
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Regional church networks work to tackle climate change problems
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Deforestation, land grabbing and climate change — life-and-death issues raised at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon — also are wreaking havoc in Central America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific islands. One likely outcome of the synod is a more coordinated pastoral response to those issues by church workers in […]
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Caritas Kitui in Kenya provides energy-saving cookstoves
The Catholic Church in Kenya is promoting a variety of energy-saving stoves with a view to stopping forest destruction and climate change.
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The climate strike was just the beginning for Gen Z. Here’s what comes next for us.
In November we will strike again, and on Earth Day we will strike in even greater numbers than before.