Another United Nations Climate Conference is upon us. COP27 will take place in Egypt from November 6-18 as global leaders gather to discuss where we stand as a global community in relation to climate change. The outlook is bleak to those who are paying attention: last week the World Meteorological Organisation confirmed global levels of…
I had the pleasure this week of attending the premier of a new movie about Laudato Si’ called The Letter – A Message for our Earth. Launched in the Vatican on the Feast of St Francis of Assisi, October 4, The Letter is a powerful movie which tells the story of four people from very different…
“I have heard their cry…I know their sufferings…Come, now! I will send you…I will be with you” (Ex 3: 1-12). ‘Listen to the Voice of Creation’ is the theme for this year’s Season of Creation which began on September 1 and runs until October 4. This year we are invited to be more attentive to the…
In the month of September, the world’s 2.2 billion Christians are invited to celebrate the Season of Creation which runs from the World Day of Prayer for Creation on September 1 to the Feast of St Francis of Assisi (October 4). This ecumenical season invites Christians to pray with and for creation, to reflect on…
For the past seven months we have been exploring the Laudato Si’ Goals (LSGs) which are a blueprint for the Church community to live out the call of Laudato Si’, a roadmap towards achieving ecological sustainability. The LSGs help us to live out our vocation “to be protectors of God’s handiwork” (LS, 217). This month…
In 2021 Pope Francis launched the Laudato Si’ Goals as an effort to encourage all sectors of Church to try to achieve ecological sustainability by 2030. It is an enormous task but one which we are invited to embrace, to help heal our relationship with our common home and with each other. We have been…
Laudato Si’ Week 2022, held from May 22-29, marks the seventh anniversary of Pope Francis’ landmark encyclical on creation care. It is a global Catholic celebration which unites us to listen and respond together to the cry of creation. It is also an opportunity to celebrate the progress that has been made in bringing Laudato…
This month saw the release of another stark report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the third in a series of red alerts from the United Nations, calling for governments around the world to urgently respond to the climate crisis. The report painted a grim picture of a world with rising greenhouse gas…
In Laudato Si’ Pope Francis says: “Given the seriousness of the ecological crises our world is facing, action is urgently needed. Caring for our brothers and sisters means caring for the home we share. This responsibility is “essential to a life of virtue (LS, 217).” In November 2021, Pope Francis launched the Laudato Si’ Action…
In November 2021, Pope Francis launched the Laudato Si’ Action Platform, a seven-year programme for the church to live out the call to care more deeply for God’s creation. The platform is based on achieving seven Laudato Si’ Goals (LSGs) across seven church ‘sectors’ over seven years – a jubilee for the earth. Last month…