Allowing the pipeline through the property would run contrary to the congregation’s Land Ethic.
Environment
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Archbishop: Brazil trying to undo protections for indigenous peoples
Bishop Roque Paloschi condemns the Brazilian government over the removal of constitutional protections for indigenous peoples.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
It’s time to reclaim Thoreau from motivational memes
If Thoreau’s words merely decorate the playrooms of grown children, his burial is long overdue.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
What theologians and environmentalists can learn from Sufjan Stevens
The texture and variety of Stevens’s new album creates liminal spaces between the sacred and the profane.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
Who should take the lead in protecting the environment? America readers gave us a definitive answer.
Regardless of who readers thought should take the lead, a striking majority called for collaboration in battling climate change.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Summertime blues? A season that’s hard on the earth
Most Americans say they have changed their behavior to help protect the environment—whether because they are heeding the warnings of Pope Francis in his encyclical “Laudato Si’” or are alarmed by stories of severe weather and rising sea levels. But summer may bring the biggest test of good intentions. A warming planet means more demand […]
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Why spirituality is central to understanding the Standing Rock protests
Our guest this week is Eileen Markey, the author of A Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sister Maura. She is also the author of America’s most recent cover article: “The Spirit of Standing Rock.” It’s the water of life, it’s waters of baptism, it’s the Jordan river. “I knew from speaking to activists and religious […]
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Religious and indigenous leaders seek to save rainforests
“If we continue to do deforestation, it is like suicide,” said Monsignor Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo. “We need to act together to defend our common house.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Video
“A Slap in the Face”: Cardinal John Ribat’s strong words on climate change
Archbishop John Ribat met with Fr. James Martin, SJ in front of Trump Tower to discuss climate change.
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As sea waters rise, Miami begins elevated development
Rising seas due to global warming have rendered the coastal high-water marks more obsolete by the day. That is especially true in the Miami area, which every media report on sea-level rise seems to profile as ground zero for deluge doom.