Cardinal John Ribat says that climate change is an urgent issue for the people of Papua New Guinea, and the whole of the Pacific. Cardinal Ribat drove his point home saying that the issue is a more urgent than discussing Amoris Laetitia. While there will be time to talk about Church teaching on family...
World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation In 2015 Pope Francis asked Catholics to join with the Orthodox Church to celebrate the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. It is celebrated on 1 September. Other Christian churches have joined them in it for a number of years. The day...
Pope Francis addressed the UN General Assembly on 25 September 2015. It was the fifth time that a Pope had addressed the United nations. The full text of his speech can be read here. Pope Francis congratulated the UN on its 70th anniversary, praised its work for peace and cooperation, but noted that reform...
Welcoming the publication of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si on the care of our common home, the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences (FABC) announced a series of regional seminars for South, South East, East and Central Asia. According to the Climate Change Desk of the FABC, the seminars will “raise awareness of both the...
Pope Francis has taken up a suggestion from the Orthodox Church and announced that the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation will be celebrated in the Catholic Church on 1 September – as it has been in the Orthodox Church for some time. From 1 September 2015, the Day will be...
The Catholic Bishops Conference of India is focusing on ecological justice as it celebrates Justice Sunday on 16 August 2015. Justice Sunday is an annual event in the life of the Catholic Church in India. The Indian Bishops’ Office for Justice, Peace and Development has prepared a booklet to help Catholics to reflect on...
Archbishop Denis Hart, President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, has defended Pope Francis’ ecological encyclical, Laudato Si, from criticisms that it is Marxist or simply pushing a green left agenda. He calls it “Christianity 101”: “Calling for a more personal human culture based on care for others and walking lightly on the earth...