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February 26, 2018

Jesuit brings his case for nature, technology and loneliness to Campion

To Fr. Greg Kennedy, the wonder of God’s creation is a key element in the spiritual experience. As a spiritual director, he explores the confluence of spirituality, ecology and creativity.

REGINA – In modern society, people talk plenty about nature and the environment, but when it comes down to reality, they don’t actually experience what God has created around us.

Published in Higher Education
February 14, 2018

A leap into drastic change in environmental policy

Spirit Island at Lake Maligne in Alberta, June 9, 2017
Development and Peace has signed onto a political manifesto that reflects in part the teaching of Pope Francis in a call for drastic change in environmental policy.
Published in Canada
February 13, 2018

Rural Ontario high school recognized for their stewardship of creation

Students and faculty from Holy Trinity Catholic High School with their first-place award for the Stewards of Creation video: (from left) Kevin McCue, Ben Smith, vice-principal Ron Rapps, Nicole Branchaud, principal Stacey Krol, Ashley Payette, Jim Malyon and Nolan Laframboise.
“The opposite of war isn’t peace, it’s creation.”
Published in Arts News
January 19, 2018

Pope in Peru expected to revisit themes addressed in Chile

Pope Francis greets greets children as he arrives at the Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, Peru, Jan. 18.
LIMA, Peru – Pope Francis was greeted by the Peruvian president, the country's bishops, a military honour guard and a children's orchestra on his arrival in Peru on Jan. 18. During his visit, he will meet with Amazonian indigenous people from three countries, visit a neighbourhood devastated by flooding early last year, and pray in the place of Peru's greatest popular religious devotion.
Published in International
December 15, 2017

Sisters of St. Joseph join global push to create Blue planet

Left: The Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto participating in a water ritual as part of the Blue Communities initiative. Right: Leah Watkiss, Program Director for the Ministry for Social Justice, Peace, and Care of Earth at The Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto gives the Sisters more information on the project.

Blue is the new green. At least that is the case for the Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Canada.

Published in Canada
November 16, 2017

Catholics make case against fossil fuels

Steven Guilbeault, senior director of Equiterre, said religious voices are needed at environmental talks in Bonn, Germany.
The Catholics at the United Nations climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany, are demanding oil and coal be left in the ground starting now.
Published in Canada
November 14, 2017

Philippine church leaders urge Trudeau to take back toxic waste

Environmental activist group Ban Toxics displays an image of a container of trash from Canada a few kilometers from where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is attending the ASEAN summit on Nov. 14.
MANILA, Philippines – Catholic Church leaders in the Philippines are calling on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take back several shipping containers of toxic waste that arrived in the country from Canada in 2013, reported ucanews.com.
Published in International
October 19, 2017

Moral leadership of 'Laudato Si' becoming more evident

Christiana Figueres, former executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. “Church institution divestments are very important. They don’t add up to trillions, but they have a very important exemplary role," Figueres said.
As more than 40 Catholic institutions announced they would no longer invest in fossil fuel companies, a former United Nations chief climate negotiator said the Pope’s environmental vision laid out in Laudato Si’ is becoming even more relevant.
Published in International
October 17, 2017

Protesters arrested for blocking pipeline work through nun's property

People sit at an outdoor chapel on the property of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ in Columbia, Pa,. in early July. The chapel was built by Lancaster Against Pipelines in cooperation with the congregation as a symbol to block the Atlantic Sunrise natural gas pipeline, which opponents say would desecrate God's creation.
WASHINGTON – Nearly two dozen people, including a juvenile, were arrested as they blocked workers from starting construction of a short leg of a natural gas pipeline on property owned by the Adorers of the Blood of Christ congregation in Columbia, Pennsylvania.
Published in International
October 13, 2017

Comment: Our environmental abuse puts us on a road to ruin

According to an Aug. 31 report from a Buffalo-led research team, 10 species of fish in the Niagara River are showing high concentrations of human antidepressant drugs in their brain tissues.
The August and September hurricanes of Harvey, Irma and Jose drowned out two fleeting news items that should keep us awake at night with anguish about how we’re treating our planet.
Published in Guest Columns
October 6, 2017

Forty Catholic institutions to stop investing in fossil fuels

Protesters gather for a fossil fuel and climate change protest outside Trump Tower May 9 in New York City.
WASHINGTON – Forty Catholic institutions, including the Belgian bishops' conference and a leading church social welfare agency in South Africa, have decided to divest from fossil fuel companies.
Published in International
September 9, 2017

Pope, Patriarch plea together for ‘our wounded creation’

Women carry children as they make their way through a flooded area Aug. 20 in Bogra, Bangladesh.

In the first ever joint letter between Christianity’s two most senior leaders, Pope Francis has joined with Patriarch Bartholomew to warn of a “morally decaying scenario” and beg world leaders to work towards “the healing of our wounded creation.”

Published in Canada
July 30, 2017

Experts weigh in on future of the Church in Canada

Canadian youth gather at the TAURON Arena in Krakow, Poland during World Youth Day July 26, 2016.

Younger, smarter, rooted in Scripture, based on tradition, more feminine, better connected with other Christians, more aware of other faiths.

Published in Features
July 25, 2017

Vatican shuts down fountains as Rome deals with drought

A Vatican worker cleans one of the fountains in St. Peter's Square July 25 after the Vatican turned off the water in the fountain to prevent waste as Rome considers water-rationing plans in the midst of a drought.

VATICAN CITY – While Rome reels from one of its worst droughts in decades, the Vatican is doing its part to conserve water by shutting down the city-state's 100 fountains.

Published in Vatican
June 22, 2017

Pope meets Netherlands’ King and Queen, returns long-lost stick

Pope Francis talks with King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands during a private meeting at the Vatican June 22.

VATICAN CITY – On Thursday Pope Francis met with King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, as part of the visit returning to them a long-lost royal stick of a 16th century Dutch king.

Published in International
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