People fainted on public transport in England. In Paris schools postponed exams, and the heat wave aggravated wildfires in Spain and Portugal. In Scandinavia it hastened Arctic melt.
Climate Change
Posted inFaith, News
Cardinal Turkson: Young people’s climate activism is a sign of hope for the Earth
Young people’s intensified demand for climate action is a sign of hope during the planet’s ecological crisis, said Cardinal Peter Turkson, head of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
Posted inFaith, News
Vatican City State set to end sale of single-use plastics
After all previously stocked items are gone, no more single-use plastic will be sold.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Review: Is HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ a call to action on climate change?
The show raises questions about the trust we put in the institutions that claim to protect us. I could not watch this series without thinking of the world’s denial and inadequate response regarding climate change.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The Laudato Si’ generation: Why I gave my graduation speech on climate change
Fordham University’s student graduation speaker was motivated by her faith to call for “zero emissions, zero excuses and zero time to waste.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis: Mitigate global warming and spare further injustice to poor
Faced with a climate emergency, the world must act immediately to mitigate global warming and avoid committing “a brutal act of injustice” on the poor and future generations, Pope Francis told a group of energy and oil executives and global investors.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: What can we do about rising sea levels?
A new book on sea-level rise by Elizabeth Rush is a welcome addition to the small but growing canon on what the changing climate means for U.S. residents.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis: ‘Startling’ inaction on climate change must end
If the world is to win the fight against climate change, its leaders must stop profiting from fossil fuels that threaten the survival and well-being of the planet and its inhabitants, Pope Francis said.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Conservationists at Vatican conference call for protecting biodiversity
“We can learn how to take care of the world. And we must use all our strength to find ways of making the world more human, giving people the possibility to live their lives so that we may share the richness and the resources given to us in a way that could never be possessed or owned by us.”
Posted inEditorials, Faith
The threat of a climate catastrophe is here. Will U.S. Catholics heed the call?
Will U.S. Catholics heed the call to take global action immediately? Or will our children and grandchildren live in a world drastically changed and terribly broken?