An honest conversation on climate change, the upcoming COP26 meeting and what Catholics can do to respond to Pope Francis’ calls for ecological conversion.
Climate Change
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Podcast: The Vatican hosted 40 religious leaders to call for climate action. Can they make a difference?
With the COP26 conference focused on advancing the goals of the Paris Agreement, Colleen and Gerry ask, can this interreligious document play a similar role to “Laudato Si,” changing the hearts and minds of political leaders from around the world?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis will not attend climate summit in Glasgow after all
Pope Francis will not be going to the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, as he had hoped.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis and 40 faith leaders call for urgent action to combat climate change: ‘Future generations will never forgive us’
In an unprecedented response to the “grave threat” facing all peoples worldwide from climate change, Pope Francis and some 40 faith leaders have joined in an appeal for urgent action.
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Pope Francis praises young climate activists (like Greta Thunberg) for ‘challenging the adult world’
But the pope also encouraged activists to help rebuild society’s “fabric of relationships” by working towards unity rather than division.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
The K-pop band BTS spoke at the United Nations—and sounded a lot like Pope Francis
Maybe in this time of uncertainty, fear and doubt, it would be worth recruiting some young people like BTS, Greta Thunberg or Malala Yousafzai to officially join the pope in his fight for the future of our planet.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
It’s time for Catholics to go back to no meat on every Friday (not just during Lent)
Dropping meat from our Friday menus has the double benefit of reducing our carbon footprints (however minimally) and bringing us closer to the Lord.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: A climate crisis sci-fi novel that actually offers hope
‘The Ministry for the Future’ offers a vision honest to the scale of the crisis that offers a plausible path to addressing it.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis and John Kerry meet to discuss climate change
As the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, John Kerry met privately with Pope Francis on May 15 to discuss climate initiatives and other issues.
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John Kerry, the U.S. climate envoy, will meet with Pope Francis tomorrow
John Kerry, Biden’s special envoy for climate, gave a keynote address at the Vatican and will have a private meeting with Pope Francis.