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Laudato Si' follow up

1John5918
Jun. 21, 2016, 12:40 pm

Someone sent me this link regarding "the Laudato Si' Week action that happened last week to celebrate the first anniversary of Laudato Si":

http://us10.campaign-archive1.com/?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=a6c4834dd3...

4John5918
Jun. 21, 2017, 3:35 am

6John5918
Dez. 7, 2019, 11:47 pm

Pope vents frustration over lack of political will to implement ‘Laudato Si’ (Crux)

A little more than four years after Pope Francis published one of his most provocative documents, not to mention perhaps his most political, in the form of his eco-encyclical Laudato Si, the pontiff appears increasingly disappointed in the way the environmental manifesto been received.

In two separate messages published this week, Francis appeared to suggest that the global resolve to combat climate change and other ecological threats his encyclical hoped to produce is failing, due a lack of commitment from the parties involved.

In a Dec. 4 message to the U.N. Climate Change Conference summit in Madrid, he said, “We must seriously ask ourselves if there is the political will to allocate with honesty, responsibility and courage, more human, financial and technological resources to mitigate the negative effects of climate change”...

7LesMiserables
Dez. 8, 2019, 1:21 am

The Church had always refrained from interfering in secular affairs.
Today it concentrates on nothing else.
At the expense of its supernatural commission.

8John5918
Dez. 8, 2019, 1:26 am

>7 LesMiserables:

Actually the Church has not always refrained from interfering in secular affairs. For many centuries the Church was a ruler of what were effectively secular states. The Church supported wars and secular rulers. And at least since Rerum novarum (1891), subtitled "On capital and labour", the Church has explicitly "interfered" in what some would call political and socio-economic affairs.

9LesMiserables
Dez. 8, 2019, 1:29 am

No it has made observations. Today you have Pope Francis flying around in his rock star status bowing to the UN.

10John5918
Dez. 8, 2019, 1:31 am

>9 LesMiserables:

No, the Church actually ruled states, supported rulers, and publicly called for and/or supported wars, much more explicitly than the observations and recommendations that Pope Francis is making.

11LesMiserables
Dez. 8, 2019, 1:40 am

Yes, but promoting the Social Kingship of Christ is something to be aspired to, and that is supernatural not secular.

Otherwise, corrupted Popes, like those of Roman families had worldly wants not heavenly.

12John5918
Dez. 8, 2019, 1:44 am

>11 LesMiserables:

Is not Rerum novarum, for example, promoting the "Social Kingship of Christ" by reflecting on the diginity of each human being created in the image and likeness of God? Is not Laudato si' doing so by reflecting on God's creation of the earth and all living creatures?

13LesMiserables
Dez. 8, 2019, 2:21 am

13. The former is an observation, not a stipulation, on how society can organise itself freely and maintain a functioning society for all.

The latter is mostly a surreptitiously crafted attempt to ram the culture of death into the pastoral life of the Church.

14John5918
Dez. 8, 2019, 2:32 am

>13 LesMiserables:

I don't know how you can justify that second statement. But I'm pleased to see that you accept the Church's interference in the socio-economo-politico sphere in Rerum novarum.

15John5918
Mai 19, 2020, 11:49 pm

Vatican launches year-long celebration of Laudato Si’ (Crux)

This week Pope Francis inaugurated “Laudato Si’ Week” at the Vatican commemorating the 5th anniversary of the publication of his eco-encyclical with the same title, opening a wider year-long commemoration of the document aimed at spurring global citizens to adopt more sustainable practices...

16John5918
Jun. 1, 2020, 3:22 am

Hearing ‘cry of the poor’ is key message of 'Laudato si', Cardinal Turkson Says (ACI Africa)

Cardinal Peter Turkson has said that the principle of “non-violence” extends beyond opposing physical violence, and must include the protection human rights from exploitation...

“There’s a lot of talk within the same church about Christian non-violence,” said Cardinal Turkson, head of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, making reference to the social unrest in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd.

“Christian non-violence is not only when you {do not} hold a gun or a knife to the throat of somebody. Christian non-violence is also when you do not do violence to people’s dignity, people’s rights,” he said.

When the conditions necessary for human flourishing are not met in society, then the “cry of the poor” can be heard, he said, pointing to prayers for victims of racism and injustice in the wake of the Minneapolis riots...

17John5918
Jun. 18, 2020, 12:36 pm

At five-year mark for ‘Laudato Si,’ Vatican offers a ‘users guide’ (Crux)

To mark the five-year anniversary of Pope Francis’s eco-encyclical, Laudato Si, the Vatican Thursday published a “users guide” for both parishes and public officials on how to implement the document...

18John5918
Jun. 21, 2020, 11:43 pm

Vatican Asks Catholics to Ditch Fossil Fuel Investments (Eco Watch)

The Vatican urged Catholics to closely consider where they invest their money and to take a close look at the environmental impact of the companies they may be shareholders in...

Pope Francis has frequently criticized wanton greed that has led to environmental degradation and a climate crisis that is uprooting the lives of the world's most vulnerable and impoverished people. On Earth Day, the Pope gave a speech in which he said that humans have sinned against the earth, as EcoWatch reported at the time.

To follow up on the pontiff's works, the Vatican released a 225-page manual for church leaders and workers that included the guidance to end investments in weapons manufacturing and defense systems, fossil fuels, and to closely monitor companies in the energy sector to see if their actions are causing environmental harm...


Vatican urges Catholics to drop investments in fossil fuels, arms (Reuters)

The Vatican urged Catholics on Thursday to disinvest from the armaments and fossil fuel industries and to closely monitor companies in sectors such as mining to check if they are damaging the environment...

19John5918
Jun. 25, 2020, 1:26 am

Appeal to Pope Francis from Pax Christi International

An appeal to Pope Francis: The path of nonviolence toward a Laudato Si' future

The coronavirus has laid bare the deep roots of racism and cultural violence, economic injustice, wars “fought piecemeal,” climate change and environmental destruction that are facing the human community and our planet. Response to the pandemic requires a fundamental shift from the “unjust normal” of systemic and structural violence across the globe, from systems that destroy, dehumanize and diminish, to a culture of solidarity that seeks the fullness of life for all.

Active nonviolence - a spirituality, a way of life and a program of societal action - is key to this global shift; to the roadmap laid out in "Journeying for the Care of Our Common Home"; and to the future envisioned in Laudato Si’. The two hands of nonviolence speak clearly to this moment in history: “No” to the multidimensional violences that plague our world; “yes” to human dignity and respect for the integrity of creation.

Nonviolence is a path for conversion, for deep personal and societal transformation from the old way of domination and exploitation toward a “civilization of love” (Laudato Si’ #231). The universal ethic of nonviolence can shape a new, more just “normal” and guide the growing mass movement of ordinary people, including many Catholics, longing for the post pandemic world that you have helped us to envision.

To further encourage a process of ecological conversion, we believe that a companion reflection to Laudato Si’ would deepen and greatly expand Catholic understanding of and commitment to nonviolence as a crucial pillar in the foundation of integral human development and a more sustainable “common home.”

We are deeply grateful for the hope and vision that you bring to these troubled times.

20John5918
Bearbeitet: Mrz. 10, 2021, 7:13 am

Pope Francis on the ‘ecological conversion’ that led him to ‘Laudato Si’ (America Magazine)

Pope Francis, speaking off the cuff to a group of French environmental activists in Rome on Thursday, gave the inside story of how he came to write “Laudato Si’,” his acclaimed encyclical... Francis arrived with a prepared text in which he offered them strong encouragement, urging that they should not lose hope even if the global ecological situation seems catastrophic. But he surprised them by putting his text aside, saying they could read it later, and opted instead to speak to them from the heart, spontaneously...

21John5918
Mrz. 10, 2021, 7:12 am

Bangladesh Laudato si’ drive: “One Catholic One Tree” (Vatican News)

The Church in Bangladesh has launched a tree-planting drive as part of its bold response to Pope Francis’ Laudato si’ Encyclical. Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario explains that the initiative hopes to help the faithful strengthen their relationship between the creator, creation, and humankind...


22John5918
Mrz. 23, 2021, 11:57 pm

Laudato si' Way of the Cross in preparation for Easter (Vatican News)

Reinterpreting the Lenten devotion of the Way of the Cross in the light of Pope Francis’s Encyclical on the care of our common home. This initiative was born from a collaboration, sharing and personal awareness: a journey that includes the experiences and reflections generated by the need to pray during the Covid lockdown...

23John5918
Mai 12, 2021, 12:07 am

Webinar: Nonviolence: Key to a Laudato Si' future

17th May 2021

The Vatican’s Laudato Si’ Action Plan envisions seven goals for seven sectors of the Catholic community over the next seven years. Pax Christi International’s Catholic Nonviolence Initiative offers an explanation of why nonviolence is essential to reaching each of the seven goals -- Marie Dennis (Pax Christi International senior adviser), Ken Butigan (DePaul University) and Sr. Sheila Kinsey, FCJM (Union of Superiors General/International Union of Superiors General) will discuss how “Gospel nonviolence for a Laudato Si’ future” might be concretely advanced. French and Spanish translation will be provided.

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24John5918
Mai 19, 2021, 12:41 am

Vatican readies to roll out ‘spectacular’ action plan for ‘Laudato Si’ (Crux)

Pope Francis kicked off his own “Laudato Si” week Sunday, which wraps up an entire year dedicated to 2015 encyclical letter on the environment, the first ever dedicated entirely to that topic, and its dramatic call to hear “the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor”...

25John5918
Mai 22, 2021, 12:50 am

To Mark the Laudato Si’ Week, Vatican Official Calls for a Radical Ecological Conversion (AMECEA)

As the entire Church and people of good will crown the special Laudato Si’ anniversary year meant to celebrate and accelerate action to bring Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter (Laudato Si) to life, a Vatican official in a Webinar session has called for complete transformation as a way forward in the realization of ecological conversion...

26John5918
Mai 25, 2021, 12:32 am

Cardinal Tagle marks the conclusion of Laudato Si' Week 2021 (Vatican News)

A liturgical celebration, held in Rome and Assisi, marks the conclusion of this year's Laudato Si' Week, promoted to sensitize Church members on the importance of caring for our common home. Presiding over the event, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples...

27John5918
Mai 26, 2021, 12:18 am

Pope on Laudato si' Platform: 'What world will we leave our children?' (Vatican News)

We have a great responsibility, continues the Pope, "especially with regard to the future generations." "What world do we want to leave to our children and our young? Our selfishness, our indifference and our irresponsible ways are threatening the future of our children!"...

28John5918
Mai 28, 2021, 2:06 pm

“It is Time to Act,” Cardinal Turkson says as Vatican Launches 7-Year Laudato Si’ Action Platform (AMECEA)

As the Church concludes the special year of the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ and launches a seven-year action platform, the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development (PIHD) His Eminence Peter Cardinal Turkson has encouraged eco-action, calling on all people of good will to make the “world a greener and better place, healthier for us and sustainable for our lives.”

“Now more than ever it’s time to act, to do something concrete,” Cardinal Turkson said during a Webinar session on Tuesday, May 25, organized by the Dicastery for PIHD adding that “We can all change for a just and sustainable future and we must rethink and apply new models; reject questionable life behaviors; and engage in new lived realities.”

The Cardinal disclosed further, “the Dicastery is pleased to announce that the Laudato Si’ year will flow into an action-oriented project (dubbed) the “Laudato Si’ Action Platform,” a seven-year journey towards integral ecology”...

29John5918
Mai 30, 2021, 1:04 am

European Catholic institutions commit to implementing Laudato si' (Vatican News)

An alliance of European Catholic organizations and institutions who have joined forces to promote climate and social justice have renewed their commitment to work for “ecological conversion” and “integral ecology”...

30John5918
Jun. 26, 2021, 2:28 am

In Development of Laudato Si Implementation Guidelines in AMECEA Region, Secretary General Encourages Inculturation (AMECEA)

Against the backdrop of 20th Plenary Assembly slated for next year and aimed to focus on care for environment as a clarion call by Pope Francis in his Encyclical Letter Laudato Si, the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) Secretary General has appealed to the team drafting simple guidelines about the document to prioritize inculturation...

31John5918
Aug. 25, 2021, 12:05 am

Pope: Laudato si’ is not only a ‘green’ Encyclical but also a ‘social' Encyclical (Vatican News)

Pope Francis has sent greetings to the members of the Laudato si’ Inter-University Congress scheduled to hold from 1-4 September in Argentina. In the video message delivered in Spanish, he expressed hope that the initiative will “advance social awareness and consciousness” for the care of our common home. “The Encyclical Laudato si' is not only a 'green' Encyclical, it is also a 'social' Encyclical,” the Pope said, hoping that the Congress will help its scope and consequences to become more visible...

32John5918
Aug. 28, 2021, 12:01 am

Laudato si’: ‘Science offers faith tools amid climate crisis’ (Vatican News)

As Pope Francis meets with the members of the Laudato si’ Movement, climate scientist Gregory Asner explains that science can offer tools to Catholic faithful in the effort to research and combat climate change...

33John5918
Aug. 28, 2021, 3:18 am

“Take action now” against Environmental Degradation: South African Archbishop (ACI Africa)

A South African Archbishop has expressed concern over the destruction of the environment and called on the people of God in the country to take urgent action to mitigate the effects of degradation. In a pastoral letter published Tuesday, August 24, Archbishop William Slattery cautions against activities that “mistreat our world” and calls for collective efforts from the family level to conserve the environment. “We must take action now; scientists show us that we are destroying God’s gift,” Archbishop Slattery says, and adds, “It is true that with coronavirus, unemployment and poverty we have many worries, yet we must also see that we humans are destroying the world with which God has gifted us”...

34John5918
Sept. 2, 2021, 12:48 am

Pope Francis encourages participation in 2021 Season of Creation (Vatican News)

Pope Francis urges the participation of the faithful as the 2021 Season of Creation kicks off. The Season runs from 1 September - 4 October. As part of initiatives for the celebrations, the Laudato Si' Movement invites Christians to sign and promote the "Healthy Planet, Healthy People" Petition, which will be presented to world leaders at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), scheduled to take place in Glasgow, Scotland in November...

35John5918
Sept. 3, 2021, 3:30 am

Refugees in Uganda Launch “Laudato Si’ Garden” to Address Country’s Growing Deforestation (ACI Africa)

Students at the Don Bosco Palabek Refugee Services in Uganda have launched a tree planting drive aimed at ending deforestation in the country by planting thousands of trees at their facility. The Director of the refugee service in Uganda’s Gulu Archdiocese, Fr. Lazar Arasu, says that the East African country that once boasted of richness in tree cover has started experiencing severe effects of deforestation, adding that young people at the refugee facility have taken a lead in protecting the country’s environment... the students vowed to care for the project they dubbed “Laudato Si’ Garden” by watering it and taking turns to care for it...

36John5918
Sept. 20, 2021, 12:14 pm

And now our local Catholic chapel has also had a tree-planting event, planting 291 trees around the primary school with the intention of planting more soon. Mind you, community education is needed as well as just planting trees. That same morning we caught someone cutting down one of the trees on our land for firewood, so the 291 new trees in the village are effectively reduced to 290.

37eschator83
Okt. 25, 2021, 5:26 pm

For firewood? Live trees don't burn very well. The motive of your chopper is worse than you report. But maybe you know that. So why give false credit?

38John5918
Bearbeitet: Okt. 26, 2021, 3:13 am

>37 eschator83: Live trees don't burn very well

Indeed. But people tend to take whatever they can get to cook their food.

39John5918
Okt. 26, 2021, 11:52 pm

Catholic Bishops in the US Largely Ignore the Pope’s Concern About Climate Change, a New Study Finds (Inside Climate News)

Researchers at Creighton University reviewed more than 12,000 pastoral communications by the bishops. Only several dozen of those writings said a warming climate was real...

40John5918
Nov. 26, 2021, 10:40 pm

Laudato Si Walking – Gospel of the Sunday (Laudato Si' Movement)

Today begins this journey towards an encounter, towards the cave of Bethlehem. The Gospel of this Sunday speaks to us of catastrophic events, almost strange to find here, at the beginning of the Christmas period, made up of beautiful lights and nativity scenes. When we talk about the “end of the world” we have a wrong concept: it is not the final catastrophe, but if we think about it, the world tends to end from the moment it was created. Because from the condition of perfection of creation, the world, corruptible, tends more and more to degrade because of evil, understood in its broadest forms. But even in evil, in the trial, in the cross, we must be good at seeking the light. Love. Eternal life...

41brone
Dez. 8, 2021, 12:51 pm

A lovely paragraph I humbly would add just a couple of words after perfection of creation these would be because sin enter into....JMJ....

42John5918
Jan. 23, 2022, 7:34 am

Inspired by Pope Francis, Laudato Si' institute at Oxford on a mission to better the world with research (NCR)

Since the Laudato Si' Research Institute was set up in 2019, it has been on a mission to reconcile intellectual insight with the wisdom from religious traditions to produce multidisciplinary research capable of transforming society around the most pressing ecological and social issues facing the world, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, land use, inequality and the post-COVID-19 world...

43brone
Jan. 24, 2022, 7:42 pm

Who should receive the glory for every good thing we do?....JMJ....

44eschator83
Feb. 6, 2022, 9:49 pm

>43 brone: brone It's a curious coincidence that I found this today right after contemplating yesterday for quite a long time on Jn 3.21: Whoever lives the Truth comes to the Light, so that his works may clearly be seen as done in God.
I cherish the concept and hope of freedom, but history seems to teach that very little good is done outside the influence of God and His Church. The phrase in God (from NAB) rather than by God might suggest in God's Will or influence.

45brone
Feb. 7, 2022, 9:03 am

The Vatican has made an accord with Communist China. Most of it secret, never do we hear a peep about the annihilation of the Turkish people in western China, The Tebetians, or the Christian minorities. Complain about leftist bishops and their rainbow flagged minnions and you are uncharitable, political, and American conservative....JMJ....

46John5918
Feb. 23, 2022, 3:58 am

Pax Christi International Endorses the Laudato Si Action Platform

Whereas, Pax Christi International is a Catholic movement for just peace, nonviolence and reconciliation with 120 member organizations around the world, that recognizes the concerns of pope Francis expressed in Laudato Sí and valuates the document as a strong support for the activities of its members,

Whereas, violence in every form—direct, cultural and structural—is assaulting our common home and compounding the growing crisis that threatens the very survival of our planet and its inhabitants;

Whereas, Pax Christi International has a deep commitment to Gospel nonviolence, expressed through its Catholic Nonviolence Initiative;

Whereas, nonviolence is a spirituality, a way of life, a strategy for changing the world, a universal ethic and a method for protecting vulnerable people and Earth, our common home;

Whereas, nonviolence is essential to reaching each of the seven goals of the Laudato Si Action Plan and key to achieving a Laudato Si’ future.

Therefore, be it resolved that Pax Christi International, as a Catholic organization and global network, commits to endorse and participate in the Laudato Si Action Platform...

47John5918
Feb. 23, 2022, 4:14 am

Incidentally, as Group Admin I have just changed the title of this thread from"First anniversary of Laudato Si'", which was true in 2016 when the topic was started, to the m ore general "Laudato Si' follow up", which is what it has become.

48John5918
Mai 21, 2022, 12:00 pm

Laudato si’ Week: Global events to highlight concept of integral ecology (Vatican News)

Laudato si’ Week, which takes place from the 22-29 May celebrates the seventh anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical on the care of creation, and focuses on the seven objectives pursued in the Laudato si’ Action Platform...

49John5918
Jul. 9, 2022, 4:37 am

Bishops in Eastern Africa to Measure Laudato Si’ Gains, Chart Four-Year Environmental Plan (ACI Africa)

Delegates of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) are set to reflect on the gains that have been made in the region on the care for the environment during the association’s 20th Plenary Assembly to be held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from July 9 to 18. In their meeting, Catholic Bishops in the nine-member countries are also to engage with international experts on environmental issues to find ways of designing a strategy that will see them implement Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter, Laudato Si’, even more...

50John5918
Jul. 11, 2022, 4:25 am

Shun “cosmetic solutions” to Climate Change: Vatican Cardinal to Bishops in Eastern Africa (ACI Africa)

A Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization has urged delegates of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) who are meeting to reflect on the care for the environment in the region to interrogate causes of climate change instead of dwelling on the effects of environmental degradation...

51John5918
Jul. 12, 2022, 9:23 am

Environmental Care is Vital in Response to New Evangelization, AMECEA Bishops in Solidarity Message to Pope Francis (AMECEA)

At the opening session of the 20th plenary assembly of the bishops in the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) region, prelates in their solidarity message to Pope Francis have promised continued environmental care as a call for new evangelization...

52John5918
Jul. 13, 2022, 9:37 am

Tanzania Eager to Implement Eastern Africa Bishops’ Resolutions on Environment: President (ACI Africa)

The President of Tanzania has pledged to rally behind the Bishops of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) in their fight for environmental conservation, promising to explore ways to implement “some” of the Catholic Bishops’ resolutions. In her Tuesday, July 12 message of solidarity with the AMECEA Bishops having their 20th Plenary Assembly in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, President Samia Suluhu Hassan lauded the Catholic Church for upholding values that preserve nature, and noted that the Tanzanian government was already living such values. “It is encouraging that Pope Francis has seen it important to direct our focus towards the protection of mother earth which he refers to as our common home,” President Suluhu said in her address on the fourth day of the AMECEA Plenary Assembly that started July 9...

53John5918
Jul. 15, 2022, 3:20 am

Concern as Some Catholic Clergy, Religious in Eastern Africa Not Aware of Laudato Si’ (ACI Africa)

While a majority of Clergy and Religious in the region of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) are aware of Pope Francis’s Encyclical letter Laudato Si’, some having fully internalized it, and actively implementing it, a good number of Clergy and women and men Religious in the region have said they are not aware that the seven-year-old document exists...

54John5918
Jul. 16, 2022, 7:17 am

Encyclical Letter on Care for Creation “has caused great excitement”: AMECEA Leadership (ACI Africa)

The Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis on the “care for our common home”, Laudato Si', has had a “great” impact in the Eastern Africa region, the Chairman of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) has said. In his keynote speech at the opening of 20th Plenary Assembly of AMECEA on Monday, July 11, Bishop Charles Kasonde said that the May 2015 Encyclical Letter that calls for collective action for conserve creation amid acts of irresponsibility “has caused great excitement in the region, not only among Catholics but also among people affiliated to other churches and faiths and our respective governments"... the Laudato Si’ excitement is because the Encyclical Letter "raises issues which even the ordinary members of the society can relate with". "Our experiences of the effects of climate change such as extreme seasons of droughts, cyclones, raising of water levels and floods, to mention but a few, are making everyone to wonder why these things are happening"...


Diocese in South Sudan to Introduce “care for creation” Classes in Catholic Schools (ACI Africa)

The Catholic Diocese of Rumbek in South Sudan is set to include the social doctrine of the Church classes in the Primary and Secondary schools run by the Diocese to educate learners about care for the environment at the basic level in the East-central African country. In an interview with ACI Africa, Bishop Christian Carlassare of Rumbek Diocese said that the courses, which are already being offered at the Diocese’s institutions of higher learning are aimed at sensitizing learners on issues of social justice and the care of creation...

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, as well as from the affiliate countries of Djibouti and Somalia are also set to design a strategy that will see them implement Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter, Laudato Si’, even more...

55MsMixte
Jul. 16, 2022, 8:11 am

Has the Pope addressed cryptomining, and the resulting impacts on the environment?

56John5918
Jul. 16, 2022, 10:58 am

>55 MsMixte:

It is not specifically mentioned in Laudato Si', although the document does refer to pollution caused by other types of mining. I don't know whether he has referred to it elsewhere, although I think it would be implicit in a number of his statements about both materialism and the environment.

57John5918
Jul. 21, 2022, 4:20 am

Eastern Africa Small Christian Communities Tasked with Sharing New Environment Guidelines (ACI Africa)

Bishops of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) have unveiled a document to provide guidelines for the care of the environment, and tasked Small Christian Communities (SCCs) in the region to be on the forefront of creating awareness on the guidelines. In his address on Sunday, July 17 at the launch of the document “Laudato Si’: Implementation Guidelines for the AMECEA Region”, the chairman for the AMECEA pastoral department, Bishop Rogath Kimaryo, said that sharing the document in SCCs would enhance a deeper understanding of the document and more engagement with it. “It is our hope that the themes of the action plan shall be shared during Small Christian Community meetings so as to have a proper understanding of the care for the environment,” Bishop Rogath said...


It's worth mentioning that Small Christian Communities have been a central part of the pastoral strategy in East Africa for many decades.

58John5918
Jul. 23, 2022, 2:54 am

Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the Celebration of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation (Laudato Si' Movement)

Listen to the voice of creation” is the theme and invitation of this year’s Season of Creation... If we learn how to listen, we can hear in the voice of creation a kind of dissonance. On the one hand, we can hear a sweet song in praise of our beloved Creator; on the other, an anguished plea, lamenting our mistreatment of this our common home. The sweet song of creation invites us to practise an “ecological spirituality” (Laudato Si’, 216), attentive to God’s presence in the natural world...


The 4 key points of the Pope’s message for the Season of Creation (Laudato Si' Movement)

What does the message say? We summarize it in four key points:

- A time to cultivate our ecological conversion...
- Sweet song and bitter cry...
- A warning message ahead the COPs...
- Four key principles for biodiversity. Francis also uses his message to call on nations to halt the further collapse of the “web of life” – biodiversity – pointing to four principles:

1. Building a clear ethical basis for the transformation we need in order to save biodiversity;
2. Fight biodiversity loss, support its conservation and recovery, and meet people’s needs in a sustainable way;
3. Promote global solidarity, taking into account that biodiversity is a global common good that requires a shared commitment;
4. Put people in vulnerable situations at the center, including those most affected by biodiversity loss, such as indigenous peoples, older people and youth.



Bishops conclude assembly with guidelines to better implement Laudato Si' in East Africa (NCR)

Catholic bishops in Eastern Africa concluded a nine-day meeting focused on the "environmental impact on integral human development," saying environmental concerns in the region can be attributed to human behavior, and suggesting actions to increase awareness of how the climate crisis is affecting local communities and how they can better care for the environment... In a communique read during the closing Mass by Bishop Charles Kasonde, AMECEA chairperson, the East African bishops acknowledged that the ecological crisis was to a large extent a result of human behavior, reiterating what Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the Vatican's top official on evangelization, said during his homily as part of the plenary's opening Mass: "Lack of fraternity or caring for other people coexists with behaviors and practices that damage creation," and "when there is lack of integral human development, fraternity suffers." "Earth has been our home, but we have abused it, we have misused it and several adverse effects could be felt by the unpredictability of the seasons, the droughts, the cyclones, the floods," Kasonde said...

59John5918
Aug. 21, 2022, 12:41 am

Laudato Si’ Movement launches new leadership training course (Vatican News)

Registration is now open for a new leadership training course called “Laudato Si’ Animators Program” which seeks to train Catholics who want to serve their communities according to the teachings of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’...

60John5918
Nov. 26, 2022, 11:36 pm

Catholic Agencies Laud COP27’s Creation of Loss and Damage Kitty for “poor” Countries (ACI Africa)

Members of the International Cooperation for Development Solidarity (CIDSE) have lauded the decision of the 27th Conference of Parties Climate Conference (COP27) to create the Loss and Damage Fund, a kitty intended to support developing countries that are facing the devastating impacts of climate change. In their report published November 20, the international alliance of Catholic development agencies in Europe and North America noted that the Loss and Damage Fund acknowledges the unfair share of “poor” countries in the effects of climate change...


61brone
Nov. 27, 2022, 7:07 pm

Socialist redistribution....JMJ....

62John5918
Bearbeitet: Nov. 28, 2022, 3:09 am

>61 brone:

I would rather call it reparation than redistribution. The poorest countries in the world contributed almost nothing to creating the climate crisis and yet they are suffering disproportionately from the effects of it. It's only fair that the richer industrialised nations should make some reparation for the harm they have caused, although they also have a degree of self-interest here, because if the effects of the climate crisis are not addressed the increased instability and food insecurity will eventually have (indeed probably already is having) a negative impact on all nations and people, even the complacent and the rich.

63John5918
Bearbeitet: Jan. 5, 2023, 9:07 am

The first green pope: How Benedict's eco-theology paved the way for Francis (NCR)

theologians say an equal part of his legacy to the Catholic Church will be his writings and teachings on environmental concerns that stressed creation as a gift and how its responsible stewardship relates to other social issues and conflicts — all areas further developed by his successor, Pope Francis. "With Benedict XVI, we had not only strong theology, very strong systematic theology, but we also had strong actions... that paved the way for so much of what Francis has done"...

64John5918
Mai 22, 2023, 1:13 pm

LAUDATO SI’ WEEK 2023 (Pax Christi International)

As an international Catholic movement for just peace, nonviolence, and reconciliation, Pax Christi International supports the Laudato Si’ Action Platform and recognises that violence in every form is threatening the very survival of the planet and all creatures. Through a commitment to nonviolence, we see a way forward to protect vulnerable people and the Earth, our common home. Nonviolence is essential for reaching each of the seven goals of the Laudato Si’ Action Plan and the key to achieving a Laudato Si’ future.

The resources that follow after the Common Prayer for the 8th anniversary of Laudato Si’ offer reflect on the connection of nonviolence and care for our common home...

65John5918
Sept. 29, 2023, 11:21 am

Mass for Creation (Laudato Si' Movement)

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