Category: Faith and the Environment
Winning a battle but not the war against open-pit mining
Joseph Peter Calleja Catholic bishops in the Philippines have long fought against open-pit mining—a surface…
The days of the mighty Mekong River are numbered
Water levels along Thailand’s stretches of the Mekong River have plummeted to alarming lows, causing…
Greenland is melting, islands have disappeared
I loathe the cold and love the warm. Who doesn’t? I grew up in Ireland where…
Care of the earth and concern for migrants are connected cardinal says
VATICAN (CNS): Catholics will mark the World Day of Migrants and Refugees during the ecumenical…
Reflections on Laudato Si’: Re-education for ecological citizenship
September 1 marks the beginning of the Season of Creation, which ends on October 4,…
We all must change to defeat Covid-19
The catastrophe is upon us. The world is suffering and in shock as hundreds of…
Reflections on Laudato Si’: Towards the new ecological awareness
When Francis of Assisi spoke of “mother earth”, of “brother sun, sister moon …” he…
