Laudato si' - Season of Creation

A UN lieutenant of the MONUSCO mission in DRC and a Congolese armed forces general

01/03/2021

UN supporting investigation into fatal DRC attack

Following an attack in Eastern DR Congo on a UN agency convoy that left three people dead, including the Italian Ambassador to DRC, the UN Secretary General says the organization ...

2021.01.26 Storia Laudato si’ - Iusve Xiwikj

23/02/2021

Laudato si: creating perfection through the hand-crafted touch

We present Federica and Bali, two young entrepreneurs who manage a sustainable clothing business in Verona and who opened a textile factory in India. Through their dedication, that ...

2021.01.08 Storia Laudato si' - Siracusa - Foto 1

09/02/2021

Laudato si’: A priest’s commitment against uncontrolled urban development

Father Rosario Lo Bello and the young people of the community of Saint Paul the Apostle parish are defending Syracuse’s panoramic, environmental and natural rights, as well as its ...

02/02/2021

Papua New Guinea: Putting a stop to exploitation through sustainable development

Missionaries in Papua New Guinea promote eco-sustainable development projects and activities in the spirit of Laudato sì.

A Laudato si' meeting moderated by Joaquim Lesne in the diocese of Liège

27/01/2021

Care of creation: Liège, a diocese in transition

Since September 2020, the Belgian diocese of Liège has established a contact person for integral ecology, inspired by the environmental and social reflections contained in Pope ...

26/01/2021

Carlo Petrini and the new humanism that Laudato Si’ initiates

The idea of an integral ecology, that sees “strong” connections between environmental and human suffering, is the “great and extraordinary reflection that Pope Francis hands on to ...

13/01/2021

The greenest parish in the world

Pope Francis’ special “Laudato sì” year is being marked across the world. A parish in Malaysia’s Penang State has pledged to become the “greenest” in the whole of the Malaysia and ...

2020.11.10 Storia Laudato si' - Iusve Armadio etico - Foto 3

05/01/2021

Ecological closet: when we care for creation even with our clothing

The Salesian University Institute of Venice and Verona (IUSVE) is promoting a 3-year campaign called Green Dream, dedicated to ecological awareness and transformative practices, ...

2020.12.04 Storia Laudato si' - Scopri chi ti ha fatto il pacco Foto 1

22/12/2020

“Find Out Who Made the Package”: Christmas gifts inspired by Laudato sì

Thanks to the “Policoro” Project and the office of social communications of the Diocese of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, an initiative originated to promote the activity of artisans and ...

21/12/2020

Vatican to go green by 2050

The Holy See is aiming to reduce its environment impact by embracing renewable energy sources, with the goal of zero emissions by 2050. In an interview with L’Osservatore Romano, ...

FILE PHOTO: Workers sew clothes in a textile factory

16/12/2020

Global project on the future of work launched with online event

The conclusions of a global project, “The Future of Work – Labour after Laudato Sì” are launched on Tuesday with a webinar.

2020.10.08 Storia Laudato si_fiume Paranapanema_Brasile

15/12/2020

Brazil: taking responsibility for creation along the Paranapanema River

A group of volunteers in the small municipality of Timburi in the Brazilian State of São Paulo, has been cleaning the Paranapanema River since 2009, even though it is one of the ...

10/12/2020

Cardinal Parolin: After Paris Agreement, we need a “Culture of Care"

The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin sends a video-message to a webinar marking two important milestones: 2015, the year of the adoption of the Paris Agreement, ...

Storia Laudato si' – Living Chapel - Foto 04

01/12/2020

Laudato si’ bears fruit: from the Living Chapel, new trees for the world

A work of art constructed with plants, recycled material and musical harmony aims to reforest the planet, beginning in the heart of Rome, in support of the UN’s Trillion Tree ...

26/11/2020

Pope sends support to Cube Radio’s Advent initiative

Pope Francis thanks a Catholic radio station in northern Italy for hosting an Advent program, supported by Vatican News, to help prepare listeners to celebrate the Birth of Jesus.

Protecting the earth against environmental degradation

23/11/2020

Uganda: Church launches environmental protection campaign

Inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si', a group of priests in Uganda are working to sensitize people about the devastating effects of environmental degradation.

View of a fountain, Vatican Gardens, photo by Nik Barlo jr © Musei Vaticani

22/11/2020

Vatican Museums: everything is connected #8

"We exist only in relationships: with God the Creator, with our brothers and sisters as members of a common family, and with all of God’s creatures within our common home. We ...

20/11/2020

Vandana Shiva on how we risk becoming “obsolete technology”

In an interview with L'Osservatore Romano, environmental activist Vandana Shiva, one of the key speakers at the “Economy of Francesco” event, speaks about how her Indian culture ...

Zimbabwean Bishops encourage reconciliation ahead of Advent season

19/11/2020

Zimbabwe: Bishops encourage unity and reconciliation ahead of Advent season

In a pastoral letter for Advent 2020, the Bishops of Zimbabwe highlight the importance of solidarity, national cohesion and reconciliation in the southern African nation.

17/11/2020

Laudato si’ in Australia: a conversion story

Care for our common home is at the center of Knox Peden’s conversion. Originally from the United States, Professor Peden moved to Australia about ten years ago. Having grown up ...

Catholic institutions commit to divesting from fossil fuels

16/11/2020

Several Catholic institutions divest from fossil fuels

Forty-seven faith-based institutions commit to divest from fossil fuels, following the Vatican’s guidelines on ethical investments.

A door into the Casina Pio IV, Vatican Gardens, photo by Nik Barlo jr © Vatican Museums

15/11/2020

Vatican Museums: everything is connected #7

"We exist only in relationships: with God the Creator, with our brothers and sisters as members of a common family, and with all of God’s creatures within our common home. We ...

Italian Garden, Vatican Gardens, foto by Nik Barlo jr © Musei Vaticani

08/11/2020

Vatican Museums: everything is connected #6

"We exist only in relationships: with God the Creator, with our brothers and sisters as members of a common family, and with all of God’s creatures within our common home. We ...

2020.10.24 Storia Laudato si' Delta del Po - Foto 1

03/11/2020

Po Delta: Laudato si’ Garden born out of nature’s tenderness

A new Laudato si’ Garden was inaugurated along the Po Delta, sponsored by the Dicastery for Integral Human Development and various other local organizations. A project which, ...

Magnolia Garden, Pontifical Villas © Musei Vaticani

25/10/2020

Vatican Museums: everything is connected #4

"We exist only in relationships: with God the Creator, with our brothers and sisters as members of a common family, and with all of God’s creatures within our common home. We ...

2020.09.14 Storia Laudato Si' - Emirati Arabi

20/10/2020

United Arab Emirates: when work becomes human development

Today we begin a series of stories on Vatican News dedicated to various initiatives which have blossomed throughout the world and are inspired by Pope Francis’ Laudato si’. In this ...

Mermaid Fountain, Rose Garden, Vatican Gardens, photo by Nik Barlo jr © Musei Vaticani

18/10/2020

Vatican Museums: everything is connected #3

"We exist only in relationships: with God the Creator, with our brothers and sisters as members of a common family, and with all of God’s creatures within our common home. We ...

11/10/2020

Pope invites Countdown participants on a journey toward climate change

In his second TED talks appearance, Pope Francis sends a video message to participants in “Countdown”, saying it is time to make planet-changing choices.

Fountain of Our Lady, Pontifical Villas at Castel Gandolfo © Musei Vaticani

11/10/2020

Vatican Museums: everything is connected #2

"We exist only in relationships: with God the Creator, with our brothers and sisters as members of a common family, and with all of God’s creatures within our common home. We ...

Zambia: Young people of the Diocese of Livingstone planting trees

05/10/2020

Zambia: Young people in Livingstone Diocese celebrate season of creation

Several Young Catholics in Zambia’s Diocese of Livingstone recently gathered at St Paul’s Parish-Ngwenya to reflect on and celebrate the “Season of Creation.”

Cupola of St Peter's Basilica from the Rose Garden, Vatican Gardens, Photo taken by Nik Barlo jr © Musei Vatican

04/10/2020

Vatican Museums: everything is connected #1

"We exist only in relationships: with God the Creator, with our brothers and sisters as members of a common family, and with all of God’s creatures within our common home. We ...

Filipinos in Quezon City, Philippines, protesting against climate change.

02/10/2020

Caritas Philippines urges government to ban fossil fuels

The humanitarian, development and advocacy arm of the Catholic Church in the Philippines is pressuring President Rodrigo Duterte to make good on his promise to ban coal-generated ...

02/10/2020

Cardinal Tagle: Season of Creation a call to rediscover our vocation as stewards

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, highlights the Season of Creation as a time to celebrate in prayer and also to ...

Nigel Topping, UK High Level Climate Action Champion for UN climate talks

30/09/2020

Cleaner future needs head, heart and hands

The UK High-level Climate Action Champion, Nigel Topping, shares his reflections on his mandate and on global efforts to stem the impacts of climate change as he looks ahead ...

Disaster in Bangladesh in the wake of Cyclone Amphan in May, 2020.

18/09/2020

Bangladesh Christians pledge to care for creation

Catholics and other Christian communities in Bangladesh have pledged to join hands in a common effort to protect the environment in order to tackle climate change and natural ...

Pope Francis greets the faithful before the General Audience of 16 September

16/09/2020

Pope Francis: Become guardians of life and earth with contemplation and care

Continuing his catechesis on the current pandemic in the light of the Church’s social doctrine, the Pope at his weekly General Audience on Wednesday stresses the importance of ...

"La reserve du Grand Barry" in Veronne, France

12/09/2020

Pope: contemplation, compassion indispensable for integral ecology

Pope Francis receives a delegation from the “Laudato Si’ Communities”, which work in a concrete way to spread the values of his encyclical “Laudato Si’”. In his address he ...

11/09/2020

CAFOD: Change of heart needed to renew Our Common Home

CAFOD’S Director of Advocacy talks about the importance of Pope Francis’ message for the Season of Creation, and the need for urgent climate action.

09/09/2020

Philippine diocese plants 60 thousand trees in a single day

Priests, nuns and lay faithful, especially young people and children, planted trees in parishes across the Diocese of Tagbilaran, as part of its Season of Creation campaign.

08/09/2020

UK Bishop: We all have a role to play in caring for our common home

The lead Bishop on the Environment for the Bishops Conference of England and Wales, John Arnold speaks about the Season of Creation and the work his own diocese of Salford is doing ...

Carlo Petrini's book "TerraFutura: Dialoghi con Papa Francesco sull'Ecologia Integrale".

08/09/2020

“TerraFutura”: a new book explores Pope Francis’ vision of integral ecology

Three conversations between the author of “TerraFutura” and Pope Francis set the tone of a new book by “Slow Food” founder and environmental activist, Carlo Petrini.

An anti-coal protest in the Philippines.

04/09/2020

Philippine diocese, activists oppose coal power plants

Environmental activists have rallied around a Philippine diocese in Quezon province demanding the government stop the construction of new coal-fired plants in the area as it is ...

Ambrosetti Forum takes place in Northern Italy

04/09/2020

Pope to European Forum: Ecological conversion of economy needed for better future

Pope Francis sends a message to those taking part in the Forum of the European House-Ambrosetti, telling them economics ought to become “the expression of a care and concern that ...

Clean, renewable sources of energy in the Philippines

03/09/2020

Philippine Church flags off Season of Creation

Over 70 Church and civil organizations in the Philippines on Tuesday observed the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, marking the start of the Season of Creation.

03/09/2020

Pope Francis: Conversion of humanity necessary to heal the earth

Pope Francis receives a group of ecological experts collaborating with the Bishops Conference of France on the themes of “Laudato Si’” telling them it is only by healing the human ...

Bishop Luciano Capelli of Gizo in the Solomon Islands

02/09/2020

Solomon Islands’ “flying Bishop” on climate change and Care for Creation

Bishop Luciano Capelli of Gizo brings first-hand testimony of the terrible impact of climate change on the magnificent South Pacific Solomon Islands and the livelihood of its ...

02/09/2020

CELAM, Creation: “Let us pray for personal and social conversion"

In a message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, the Latin American Episcopal Council confirms its commitment to work for the care of our common home. Five years ...

01/09/2020

Pope: peace with Creator, harmony with creation

In his message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation and the Season of Creation, Pope Francis reflects on the Biblical significance of the Jubilee, as evoked by the ...

01/09/2020

Bartholomew I: Message for World Day of Creation - Full text

Full text of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's Message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I - file photo

01/09/2020

Ecumenical Patriarch: Life of the Church is an applied ecology

In a Message released on Tuesday, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew says “a change of direction toward an ecological economy is an unwavering necessity.”

31/08/2020

Caritas: Amid the virus, cultivate a “pandemic of love and solidarity”

“Covid-19 must be for us a call to respect our common home,” says Caritas Internationalis in a message for World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, marked on Tuesday.

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31/08/2020

Pope’s prayer intention for September: Respect for the planet’s resources

Pope Francis releases a video message accompanying his prayer intention for September, which this month is for respect for the planet’s resources: that we “take care of Creation ...

Slicks of crude oil in the ocean surrounding the island of Mauritius

31/08/2020

Cardinal Piat: Listening to the cry of the Earth, changing the way we act

With a heart full of gratitude for the closeness expressed by the Pope during Sunday's Angelus, Cardinal Maurice Piat recounts the effects of the disaster caused by the spill of ...

A view of the two parts of the bulk carrier after it split in two off the coast of Mauritius

30/08/2020

Pope prays for Mauritus, ahead of World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

Pope Francis looks ahead to the World Day of Prayer for the care of Creation, praying for Mauritius which is suffering the consequences of an oil spill off its coast.

28/08/2020

Columbans promote Season of Creation with podcasts

The podcasts explore biodiversity and related issues of Catholic social teaching as lived in a variety of contexts where Columban missionaries are working.

Pope Francis marking last year's Season of Creation

25/08/2020

Season of Creation: Jubilee for the Earth

In a joint statement, the presidents of the CCEE and the CEC invite the faithful to take part in the Season of Creation, encouraging them to celebrate the richness of the ...

Bangladesh bishops inaugurating the yearlong tree-planting campaign.

18/08/2020

Bangladesh Church launches tree-planting campaign for “Laudato Si’” Year

With a tree-planting drive, the bishops of Bangladesh are also marking year-long celebrations of 50 years of the country’s independence as well as the birth centenary of Sheikh ...

A cocoa farmer of an agricultural cooperative in Ivory Coast saying it is child-labour free.

04/07/2020

Pope: cooperatives for clean energy against climate change

In a tweet to mark the International Day of Cooperatives, Saturday, Pope Francis notes that cooperatives across the globe are making a real difference in the fight against climate ...

23/06/2020

Vatican praises Philippine diocese for the first to adopt solar energy

The Vatican has lauded the Philippine Church, particularly Maasin Diocese, for its response to the Pope’s encyclical Laudato Si' on the care of creation.

18/06/2020

Caritas promotes integral ecology in the spirit of Laudato si’

The Vatican releases a document on integral ecology marking the publication of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’, exactly 5 years ago today, 18 June.

18/06/2020

Vatican document on integral ecology: Safeguarding Creation is everyone’s responsibility

Several Vatican Dicasteries team up to release a document entitled “Journeying Towards Care for Our Common Home: five years after Laudato Si' ”, which offers a guide to all ...

The Laudato Tree initiative aims to plant 7 million trees across the Sahel

30/05/2020

‘Laudato Tree’: healing the planet, empowering its people

With the backing of Pope Francis and a gift of 1000 trees from Cardinal Turkson, the ‘Laudato Tree’ initiative to help build the Great Green Wall in the Sahel is a prime example of ...

A waterway in a shanty town in the Philippine capital Manila clogged with garbage.

27/05/2020

Philippine Church group to disinvest from non-green industries

In harmony with the 'Laudato Si’ Week' marking the 5th anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical, a section of the Catholic Church in the Philippines has vowed to halt investing in ...

Bishop George Pallipparambil of Miao receiving a sapling during Mass on May 22, 2020.

27/05/2020

India’s Miao Diocese marks Laudato Si’ Week

Bishop George Pallipparambil of Miao urges the faithful to be a friend to mother earth and not its master.

2019.06.28 Fiori di primavera in Kerala, Kurinji, Season of Creation, Dicastero dello sviluppo umano integrale

25/05/2020

Season of Creation to take place during special Laudato Si’ Year

As the Laudato Si’ Anniversary Year gets underway, the Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development urges Catholics to take part in the annual Season of ...

A swan with her cygnets in Strasbourgh, France

24/05/2020

Pope Francis appeals for Laudato si’ Year, releases special prayer

Pope Francis urges everyone to take part in the just-opened Laudato si’ Year, and releases a special prayer to accompany the celebration.

2020 SIGNIS Xavier University (XUB) fellows in India

24/05/2020

Laudato sì programme challenged me to rethink my lifestyle

Nine young SIGNIS communication professionals just graduated from a fellowship programme in India have created an interactive communication tool, Unfold Nest. It is inspired by ...

A view from Milan's botanical park "Library of Trees"

24/05/2020

Laudato si’: An Encyclical to help us look to the post-pandemic future

Five years ago, Pope Francis signed a document which represented a major step forward in the Church’s Social Doctrine and is a road map for building more just societies that are ...

23/05/2020

Caritas Internationalis: ecological conversion needed before it's too late

In a message to mark “Laudato si Week”, the Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis, Aloysius John says an ecological conversion is needed before it’s too late.

A swan with cygnets on the River Ill in Strasbourg

22/05/2020

Laudato si': "Gospel of creation" is the key that unlocks its meaning

Five years ago on May 24th, Pope Francis published his second encyclical, Laudato sí. Cardinal Turkson explains how it got its subtitle, how care for creation is connected with ...

Laudato sì: Man on the outskirts of Diffa in the Republic of Niger picks leaves off a tree on a sand dune (Courtesy Caritas Internationalis)

22/05/2020

Laudato sì in a time of COVI-19: Cry of the poor and cry of the Earth are connected

Caritas Internationalis’ Ecclesiastical Assistant, Monsignor Pierre Cibambo, says we should always remember that Laudato sì, has both an ecological and a social message.

Laudato si’ inspires "Unfold Nest" communication project

20/05/2020

Laudato si’ inspires new communication project

Five years after its publication, the encyclical letter of Pope Francis, “Laudato si’” is still inspiring people to create a more sustainable and equitable world.

20/05/2020

Pope at Audience: Mystery of Creation opens us up to prayer

Pope Francis holds his weekly General Audience during Laudato Si’ Week, and reflects on the mystery of Creation and how it opens us up to prayer.

Waste sorting for a cleaner environment.

19/05/2020

Asian Churches observe Laudato Sì Week

In the run-up to the 5th anniversary of Pope Francis’ landmark encyclical “Laudato sí: on the Care for Our Common Home” on Sunday, local Churches in Indonesia, Pakistan and India ...

Printed copies of the Pope's encyclical Laudato Si'

19/05/2020

Laudato Si’ Week: 5 years since Pope Francis’ encyclical on integral ecology

As the Church marks Laudato Si’ Week ahead of the 5th anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical on 24 May, we explore some of the themes running through “On the Care for our Common ...

NASA's 3D portrait of methane rising from the earth's surface

19/05/2020

Movement to divest from fossil fuels gains momentum

Forty-two institutions connected with various religious denominations announce their decision to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry.

This year occurs the 5th anniversary of "Laudato Si".

18/05/2020

Special Week and Anniversary Year to mark 5 years of “Laudato Si"

It was on May 24, 2015, that Pope Francis signed his landmark encyclical, “‘Laudato Si’: On the Care for Our Common Home”.

17/05/2020

Laudato Sì Week: Pope appeals for care of Creation

Preparing to celebrate “Laudato Sì” Week Pope Francis underscores the importance of caring for our Common Home in this time marked by the Covid-19 Pandemic.

An empty church in Indonesia amid a nationwide Covid-19 state of emergency.

02/05/2020

Indonesian Catholics pray for “common home” during Marian month

The Catholic Church of Indonesia launched the Marian month of May with a live-streamed concelebrated Mass on May 1.

Pope Francis urges protection of “our garden-home”, the earth.

22/04/2020

Pope at audience on Earth Day: common action needed to protect “our garden-home”

Holding his weekly general audience on the 50th Earth Day on Wednesday, Pope Francis called for common action and ecological conversion that lead to a deeper love for our common ...

23/03/2020

Water and climate in focus on World Meteorological Day

Marking its 70th anniversary, the World Meteorological Organization reminds us of the importance of water resource management.

2020.03.03 Videomessaggio Papa Francesco "Laudato si' Week"

03/03/2020

Pope Francis invites the Church to celebrate Laudato Si’ Week

Pope Francis in a video message invites Catholic communities around the world to celebrate Laudato Si’ Week from 16 to 24 May 2020.

Yeb Saño, Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM)

29/02/2020

The cry of the earth is no different than the cry of the poor

Yeb Saño, a member of the Global Catholic Climate Movement, discusses the urgency of the climate crisis, and how it is rooted in three human characteristics beginning with the ...

25/02/2020

Church in Kuala Lumpur promotes Care for our Common Home during Lent

In Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur’s Archdiocesan Office for Human Development (AOHD) launches a Lenten campaign on the theme “Caring for our common home” and promotes "Laudato sí" ...

19/02/2020

West Africa’s Bishops challenge Justice and Peace commissions

The standing committee of RECOWA-CERAO -the regional collegial body of Bishops of West Arica, has concluded with a call to African governments to put the good of citizens at the ...

06/02/2020

Vatican event paves the way to Global Compact on Education

A two-day event in the Vatican paves the path to a global event scheduled to take place next spring and that aims to create a global alliance for the future of humanity and for our ...

Environmental degradation in the Philippines.

30/01/2020

Philippine archdiocese's action on climate emergency

The Archdiocese of Cebu, in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines, is organizing a conference in response to Pope Francis’ call to action on climate emergency.

2019.12.22 Unaccompanied migrants in Italy

22/12/2019

"A Chance in Life":giving vulnerable kids a chance to grow and flourish

A papal audience shines the light on an organization founded by Irish priest, Monsignor Carroll-Abbing in 1945 to give children orphaned and displaced by WWII a "chance in life". ...

12/12/2019

Pope’s World Peace Day message: 'Every war is a form of fratricide'

Pope Francis’ Message for the 53rd World Day of Peace describes peace as a journey of hope to be undertaken in a spirit of dialogue, reconciliation and ecological conversion.

Pope Francis' Audience with A Chance in Life Foundation

09/12/2019

Pope encourages education centred on the person and the environment

Pope Francis meets supporters of the organization “A Chance in Life”, founded in 1945 and dedicated to serving disadvantaged youth through education and formation initiatives ...

Pope Francis at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, on November 26, 2019.

05/12/2019

Pope’s dream for Jesuits in Thailand and Japan: a young church close to the people

During his Apostolic Journey to Thailand and Japan, November 19-26, Pope Francis, who is a Jesuit, had separate private meetings with the Jesuits in Bangkok and Tokyo. The ...

Pope Francis meeting participants in the “I Can” Children’s Global Summit.

30/11/2019

Pope to school children: “I can” must become “we can together”

Pope Francis on Saturday met some 3,500 school boys and girls, aged 6-16, along with their parents and teachers, who participated in the “I Can” Children’s Global Summit in Rome.

Bishop Abraham Kome, the Bishop of Bafang and President of the National Conference of Cameroon

01/11/2019

Church in Cameroon battling the destruction of forests

“Just the sheer number of trucks carrying away huge logs of wood is a clear indicator that indeed our forests are being decimated,” says Bishop Abraham Boualo Kome of Bafang, ...

2019.07.11 Papa Francesco, Messaggio sulla cura del creato

24/10/2019

Pope Francis: The Christian foundations for the care of creation

Coinciding with the final days of the Synod for the Amazon, and a few days ahead of the fourth anniversary of “Laudato sí”, a new book has been issued, which gathers together ...

12/10/2019

The Plastic Bank: reducing plastic waste by fighting poverty

The Plastic Bank is part of the new Plastic Economy that urges collective action for the future of plastic and provides concrete solutions in the fight against climate change and ...

Joana Inacio (13 years), Maisinha (8 years) Inaciao (6) live in Macomia, Mozambique, an area hit hard by Cyclone Kenneth. Their house was destroyed by the cyclone.

14/09/2019

Mozambique faces severe levels of food insecurity due extreme climate-related shocks

UNICEF says that with only 42 per cent of the initial appeal funded, up to 2 million people may face severe levels of food insecurity between now and the next harvest in ...

12/09/2019

Pope calls for educational alliance to promote care for common home

Pope Francis launches the Global Educational Alliance initiative to shape the future of humanity by forming mature individuals who can overcome division and care for our common ...

Baseco Beach in Tondo, Manila, Philippines.

04/09/2019

Philippine “Season of Creation” calls for action on “Laudato si”

Cardinal Tagle launched the “Season of Creation” on Sunday, the "World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation". The month-long campaign intends to urge action on caring for “our ...

01/09/2019

Angelus: Pope recalls World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

Pope Francis during his Angelus highlights the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation and speaks about his upcoming visit to Africa.

01/09/2019

Pope’s appeal to pray, reflect, and act to safeguard creation

Pope Francis invites the faithful to pray, reflect and act to protect an endangered environment in a message released to mark the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.

"Urbi et orbi" prayer and benediction

Laudato si' - Season of Creation

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