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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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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December 8, 2020

Tackling threats to planet demands co-operation, pope tells new ambassadors

Today, more than ever, an increasingly globalised world urgently demands sincere and respectful dialogue and cooperation, Pope Francis told diplomats. Such dialogue and cooperation must be capable of “uniting us in confronting the grave threats facing our planet and mortgaging the future of younger generations,” he said. The pope spoke to 10 new ambassadors to... Read More

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September 13, 2020

If the Earth is sick, we’re sick, warns bishop

‘We cannot be healthy if the planet is not healthy,’ the Bishop of Clogher has warned, while urging people to examine their lifestyles and judge their current practices. In a two-part pastoral letter to mark the Season of Creation, Bishop Larry Duffy reminds people of the words of Pope Francis in his landmark encyclical letter... Read More

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January 13, 2019

Warning over climate change threat to biblical landmarks

The Bishop for the Environment has urged society to “act now to fix the damage we are doing to the planet,” amid warnings that biblical wonders, such as the Dead Sea, are drying up. In fact, the Dead Sea is shrinking at such an alarming rate, it could become ‘just a tiny pool by the... Read More

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November 20, 2016

Protecting planet is ethical, moral obligation, pope says

The vulnerability of the poor and of future generations to the impact of climate change creates a “serious ethical and moral responsibility to act without delay and as free as possible from political and economic pressure” to slow climate change and protect the environment, Pope Francis said. In a written message to the United Nations... Read More

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