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Dublin’s archbishop urges Catholics to tackle ‘climate catastrophe’ in 64-page pastoral letter

September 1, 2021 Catholic News Agency 11

Archbishop Dermot Farrell prays in St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, on Feb. 2, 2021. / John McElroy.

Dublin, Ireland, Sep 1, 2021 / 08:30 am (CNA).
The archbishop of Dublin has urged Catholics to help tackle the “climate catastrophe” i… […]

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Pope Francis: Ecosystem degradation ‘a clear outcome of economic dysfunction’

June 4, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Vatican City, Jun 4, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis said Friday that environmental degradation is “a clear outcome of economic dysfunction.”In a June 4 message marking the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, the pope… […]

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Care for nature, pope tells world leaders at climate summit

April 22, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis delivers a message for Earth Day, April 22, 2021. Credit: Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Apr 22, 2021 / 15:01 pm (CNA).
In a video message sent to a climate summit on Thursday, Pope Francis urged care for nature and the preservation o… […]

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On Earth Day, Pope Francis says the world is ‘at the limit’

April 22, 2021 Catholic News Agency 5

Pope Francis delivers his message at the Vatican for Earth Day, April 22, 2021 / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Apr 22, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
In a message marking Earth Day, Pope Francis urged world leaders to “act with courage, operate with justi… […]

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Pope Francis: World could face a new ‘great flood’

March 2, 2021 CNA Daily News 1

CNA Staff, Mar 2, 2021 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- Pope Francis said in a new book released on Tuesday that the world could face a catastrophe like the Great Flood if human beings fail to address climate change.

The pope made the remark in a new book-length in… […]

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US bishops express support for Biden’s environmental actions

February 3, 2021 CNA Daily News 1

Washington D.C., Feb 3, 2021 / 05:01 pm (CNA).- Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the US bishops’ domestic justice committee, praised Wednesday President Joe Biden’s environmental executive orders.

Biden’s executi… […]

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Mater et Magistra or politico and ideologue?

September 3, 2019 Ines Angeli Murzaku 34

How does it feel to go to Church to celebrate the Assumption of Our Lady—or, as Byzantines say, the Dormition of Our Lady—and hear politics? I am back from a splendid pontifical high Mass in […]

The Dispatch

What I would say to Pope Francis about the environment

December 7, 2017 Thomas M. Doran 4

Christians know that technology is a double-edged sword, not the answer to everything, but as to the environment, technological innovation and better management practices have […]

Interview

Can economics and ecology work together?

November 23, 2017 William L. Patenaude 6

A new book uses the work of Pope Francis to bridge the gap between economics and ecology, for the benefit of our common home. […]

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The cultivation of beauty as an environmental cause

October 12, 2017 Christopher S. Morrissey 3

Could it be that creating and contemplating beautiful art is the most effective way of addressing the environmental crisis? […]

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