Pope Francis encouraged the Mauritian people to support “a better division of income and the integral promotion of the poor” and “not to yield to the temptation of an idolatrous economic model that sacrifices human lives on the altar of speculation and profit alone.”
Environment
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Wisconsin religious sisters install solar panels near motherhouse
The community of 50 sisters now draws 50% of their convent’s electrical power from the sun.
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Dorian’s death toll in Bahamas likely higher than reported, local resident says
Dorian has been pushing its way up the Southeastern U.S. coast, menacing Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis issues new call for world leaders to act on the climate emergency
Pope Francis said that the forthcoming United Nations Climate Action Summit “is of particular importance.”
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The Editors: To protect the Amazon, we must first listen to its people
October’s Synod on the Amazon gives the church an opportunity to hear the cries of the earth and the people of this richly diverse, life-giving and fragile region.
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Why do we look for God in a hurricane?
God is not some petulant deity sending disaster upon those who disobey; God is the God who meets us in disaster.
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How a ‘green’ church in Toronto teaches theology through design
The daily light show at St. Gabriel’s in Toronto is not just aesthetically moving, writes Dean Dettloff. It is part of a church design that reminds us of human dependence on the earth.
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Latin American bishops sound the alarm: “If the Amazon suffers, the world suffers”
A record number of wildfires and the rapid deforestation of the Amazon are prompting Latin American bishops to plead for international action, writes America’s correspondent in Brazil, Eduardo Campos Lima.
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As Kenya welcomes a wind farm, indigenous people wonder who benefits most
From a remote rocky and hilly stretch of the wilderness in Loyangalani district, the ever-present winds in the region effortlessly turn the turbines, producing 310 megawatts. It’s enough to power 1 million homes, according to projections.
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Monarch butterflies were already in danger—Trump’s new rules could make things worse for them
The Trump administration’s new order weakening the Endangered Species Act could well make things worse for the monarch, one of more than 1 million species that are struggling around the globe.