Petition launched to show Catholic support for healthy planet and people

With global leaders meeting in autumn for two critical UN conferences – one on climate change and the other on biodiversity – the Global Catholic Climate Movement is sponsoring an online petition calling on them to take action and support a healthy planet and healthy people. The petition, at thecatholicpetition.org, was unveiled on 17th May as part of Laudato Si’ Week, which is being celebrated from... Read More

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March 21, 2021

Jesuits pledge $100 million to benefit descendants of enslaved people

The Jesuit order is pledging to raise $100 million for descendants of enslaved people once owned and sold by their order as a way to make reparations and help the nation move toward racial healing. The funds will be placed in a new partnership called Descendants Truth and Reconciliation Foundation formed by the Jesuit order and the GU272 Descendants... Read More

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February 5, 2021

Hunger can be beaten by caring for people and planet, pope says

Combating hunger will require humility, protecting the environment and promoting social justice, Pope Francis said. “Let us pay attention to what benefits everyone” so that hunger is alleviated and the next generation can be left with a world that is a “treasure” and not a wasteland, he said. The pope’s message was addressed to those taking part in the... Read More

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October 10, 2019

The Christian battle is against evil, not people, pope says

When Catholics attack other members of the Church, they are hurting Christ, Pope Francis said. “Even those who are ideologists, because they want the ‘purity’ of the Church, strike at Christ,” he said during his weekly general audience in St Peter’s Square. Taking a break from the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, the pope... Read More

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September 13, 2019

Pope calls for global alliance to better educate young people

Pope Francis said the challenges facing humanity and the Earth are so urgent and important that he has invited world leaders, educators and young people to come to the Vatican next spring to launch a global alliance for building a new, more humane future. “Never before has there been such need to unite our efforts... Read More

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August 7, 2019

Mumbai Catholics open churches for thousands stranded by flooding

Catholic churches and institutions in flood-hit Mumbai opened their doors to accommodate thousands of people stranded in the city by heavy rain and flooded streets. Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai, India, and Syro-Malabar Bishop Thomas Elavanal of Kalyan, India, asked their parish priests on 5th August to help stranded and homeless people as heavy rain... Read More

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May 17, 2019

Sir David Attenborough backs Christian charity report revealing stark impacts of plastic pollution

Sir David Attenborough has backed a Christian charity report revealing the stark impacts of plastic pollution on the world’s poorest people. The No Time to Waste report, created by Tearfund in collaboration with Fauna & Flora International, the Institute of Development Studies and WasteAid, found that one person dies every 30 seconds in developing countries... Read More

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