Pope Francis’ recent apostolic exhortation has received plenty of attention around the world. Now the man is Time’s “Person of the Year”. But perhaps the most controversial aspect, at least in the USA, has been the economic issue. His words on this subject drew critiques, such as this one from Samuel Gregg here who said […]
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Faith and Environment in Assisi
Below are some of the highlights of the Popes messages from his visit to Assisi, in honor of the patron saint of creation, St. Francis. 1. Respect Creation – human ecology: First is the Pope’s Homily in Assisi where the Pope remember’s Franci’s love for Creation. And in full continuity with his predecessors, he also […]
Climate Change, IPCC reports and Pope Francis
Much has been said about climate change in recent times due to the last IPCC’s report, the Fifth Assessment Report. Here are some media articles on ABC and BBC, and a media debate about a meteorologists radical response here. Below is a video about how the information is spun to the general public. But what does […]
Pope Francis: Peace and Creation
Yesterday, Pope Francis called all Catholics and people of good will for a historic peace Vigil. The event was a huge success, with over 1000, 000 people attending in St. Peter’s Square in Rome, and hundreds of thousands more around the world, making news among the secular and Catholic media alike. Relevant to the environment, however, […]
Pope Francis: Food Crisis, Climate change and Reaching the Poor
Pope Francis recently delivered a speech to the FAO, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization, following a long tradition. Recently the Pope spoke on the environment and mentioned the scandal of starvation in our day and age. Again he touched on this theme: It is a well-known fact that current levels of production are sufficient, yet millions […]
Human Ecology and the Culture of Waste
A few weeks ago Pope Francis gave his most developed speech concerning the environment, available in full here. The occasion was World Environment Day, sponsored by the UN. As he himself says, the environment has featured prominently so far in his Magisterium, for example here, here and here. Following the tradition of his predecessors he reflects […]
The Spirit of the World, Pope Francis and Mother Teresa
Pope Francis continues to emphasize the themes that he expressed as dear to him from the beginning of his pontificate. We must go back to his famous pre conclave speech that according to some won over at that very moment, the respect of fellow elector Cardinals. For the full copy of his speech see Magister’s […]
Pope Francis on stewardship and World Youth Day
Once again Pope Francis has spoken out on Creation, in his important post Easter Urbi et orbi message to the world. I have recounted his environmental messages in detail here and here. For the Urbi et orbi message he repeated the importance of the environment 3 times. Below some of the key passages: Dear brothers and […]
Pope Francis’ environmental teachings
I have gone through all of Pope Francis’ messages to the public to date (excludes letters and addresses to a specific audience, such as to the Jesuit superior or Justin Welby for example), and have counted 10 of these. Of the 10, 5 of them contain specific references to the environment, and some of them […]
Pope Francis: A great start for Creation – a dog is blessed
Pope Francis has taken the world by surprise. There are so many, early, yet beautiful signs and important gestures from the Holy Father of great importance for the Church and the world. Many people are highlighting his humility, charity, poverty and prayer life. These are so true and most important. In a his first words […]