Catholic award for US environmental justice advocate
New Orleans, USAP A retired special education teacher turned environmental justice advocate will receive what the University of Notre Dame describes as the oldest and most prestigious honour for American Catholics. The university will present its Laetare Medal to Rise St James founder Sharon Lavigne on 15th May, during commencement ceremonies in South Bend, Indiana. In this 11th March, […]
Essay: At the end of a mixed political year – Love, hope and faith abide
As she leaves her role, DIANE RANDALL, general secretary of the US-based Quaker lobby group Friends Committee on National Legislation, looks, in an article published by Religion News Service, at the past year and the ways political life in America has changed in the past decade…
Pope seeks “Copernican revolution” for post-COVID economy
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis urged governments on Monday to use the coronavirus crisis as a revolutionary opportunity to create a world that is more economically and environmentally just – and where basic healthcare is guaranteed for all. Francis made the appeal in his annual foreign policy address to ambassadors accredited to the Holy See, an […]
ESSAY: AMAZONIAN BISHOPS CONDEMN ATTACKS ON RAINFOREST AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks back at this week’s Amazon Synod…
ESSAY: MAGGOTS MAY BE A DEUS EX MACHINA TO SAVE US FROM GLOBAL WARMING
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at the possibility that maggots are the “miracle” we’re looking for to save the Earth…
In the US, UCC General Synod endorses Green New Deal
RNS The United Church of Christ has signed on for the Green New Deal. It may be the first Christian body to endorse the environmental protection legislation sponsored in the US House of Representatives by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York. Climate change activists holding signs join in on a rally supporting the “Green New […]
ACTIVISM: ‘CONNECTING THE DOTS’ BETWEEN FAITH AND CLIMATE CHANGE
HEATHER ADAMS, of Religion News Service, reports on how Christians are joining with people of other faiths in an effort to raise their voices in support of greater action on climate change at this week’s Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco…