With an eye on the 2021 Season of Creation, Christians worldwide will unite on Thursday 21 January to celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
Pope Francis
is calling
for action.
It’s time to
respond.
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Pope Francis urges the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics and all people of good will to take urgent action against the injustice of climate change and the ecological crisis, to protect the poor and future generations. His encyclical letter Laudato Si’ is a compelling call to care for our common home, Earth, building on a long history of Catholic teaching. We are building a vibrant movement to respond to Pope Francis’ call.
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News and Updates
A Home for All? Launching the 2021 Season of Creation
From praying together to testifying before lawmakers: How Laudato Si’ Circles bring about change in their communities
Following a parish forum on Laudato Si’, and inspired by the Holy Spirit, the Laudato Si’ Circle Environmental Ministry in Saint John, Indiana, was formed. Concerned about the world we are handing on to future generations, our team is dedicated to taking small steps, involving others, and turning small steps into a human march with our dedicated sisters and brothers globally.
10 New Year’s resolutions for 2021 that help care for creation
As you’re planning your New Year’s resolutions, keep in mind the 10 below ways you can improve yourself while caring for God’s creation in the new year.
As Brazil Amazon reaches 12-year high for deforestation, the cry of the Earth is louder than ever
“We need to feel outrage, as Moses did, as Jesus did, as God does in the face of injustice. It is not good for us to become inured to evil; it is not good when our social consciousness is dulled”. All Catholics and Christians should feel outraged by the fact that deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest reached a 12-year high in 2020.
10 Catholic initiatives caring for creation
The global Catholic Church is united in its efforts to care for our common home and stave off the worst effects of the ecological crisis and climate emergency. Every day, clergy, regular people, and organizations throughout the world care for all members of creation.
Pope Francis leads by example, committing Vatican City to be carbon-free by 2050
Pope Francis recently encouraged countries around the world to work towards net-zero carbon emissions, and he committed the Vatican to reaching that target by 2050.
Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’ ‘shows the interconnection of it all’
“The more I read it in my theology course, the more I realized how it related to my life and the way I grew up and the way my parents helped us see the gift of creation as part of revelation of God’s love and this intrinsic calling of the Christian life to take care of creation”
Top 10 Global Catholic Climate Movement highlights of 2020
In a year dominated by ongoing crises, including the worsening climate emergency, COVID-19 pandemic, mass migrations, and biodiversity loss, Catholics came together over and over again to care for our common home.
#AdventHope Reflection: Through God, we can restore hope
This, however, does not absolve us of our responsibilities as stewards of creation. Let us not forget that it was for Noah’s sake that the world was not utterly destroyed. The implication of the covenant with Noah is that “all it takes is one good person to restore hope!” (LS 71)
“Hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor”
– Pope Francis, Laudato Si’