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Top 10 Things You Need to Know about Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’

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Pope Francis’ highly-anticipated environmental encyclical has arrived and Fr. James Martin, S.J., presents the ten things you need to know about it.
America Media, June 18th 2015


The Pill, The Environment

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A Catholic View on Sustainable Development

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rio-20-cursos-gratuitos-2012Vatican newspaper “L’Osservatore Romano” has published the Holy See’s position paper ahead of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, “Rio+20”. 

The position paper which the Holy See will present at “Rio+20”, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, published in the Vatican daily broadsheet L’Osservatore Romano, came out almost unnoticed yesterday afternoon. “Rio+20” will be held next week in the Brazilian capital, exactly 20 years after the first event in 1992.

Read the report of the ‘Vatican Insider’

Full text of the position paper


John Paul II and the environment

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In honor of the announcement of his beatification, the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change reminds us that pope John Paul II, was instrumental in renewing the Church’s ancient teachings in light of modern environmental degradation. Here is just a sampling of what he had to say about the environment from his landmark World Day of Peace Message: Peace with God the Creator, Peace with All of Creation:

[W]e cannot interfere in one area of the ecosystem without paying due attention both to the consequences of such interference in other areas and to the well-being of future generations. (more…)


Catholic perspective on biodiversity

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On the occasion of the 2002 Wortld Day of Biological Divirsity, the Vaticans ‘Pontifical Counsil for Justice and Peace’ has released a note on forest biodiversity. The counsil states: “This theme is of global importance and is a fitting subject for this year’s commemoration, as the World Summit for Sustainable Development approaches. This World Day of Biological Diversity may thus help draw our attention to the vast and ample richness of our forests, too much of which now seems to be threatened.”

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