With the start of the 2022 Minnesota legislative session on Jan. 31, among the top policy priorities for the Minnesota Catholic Conference will be stopping efforts to legalize sports betting in the state, increasing supports for nonpublic school students and ensuring the budget surplus is used to benefit one of the state’s most important resources: families.
MCC looks to stop gambling expansion, support policies benefiting families
Change bad habits, protect the earth, help others, pope says in new book
The “Laudato Si’ Reader,” published Nov. 23, comes just over six years after the publication of Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.”
Laudato Si’ Action Platform set to integrate encyclical into Church life
Coordinated through the Dicastery for Integral Human Development, the platform, which launched Nov. 14, is “a seven-year journey that will see our communities committed in different ways to becoming totally sustainable, in the spirit of integral ecology,” Pope Francis said.
Vatican at climate conference: Hearts, habits must change fast to care for creation
Even though Pope Francis will not attend the 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in person, the Vatican delegation and the Catholic Church will be “everywhere” during the two-week summit Oct. 31-Nov. 12.
Franciscan sisters establish One Planet Fund
The fund will support projects that promote respect for the earth and bring awareness to the urgent need to protect the environment.
Make the brave choice to lead a simpler, eco-friendly life, pope says
The Season of Creation runs to Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology.
Washington Archdiocese offers practical steps for caring for creation
Here are seven ways to carry out what the encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home” teaches.
People must care for creation or face self-destruction, pope says
When it comes to safeguarding creation, there is no time to waste — humanity either must live up to its responsibility or continue on a path of self-destruction, Pope Francis said, commemorating Earth Day with a video message.