Read the document instead of news reports about the document. Talk to Bishops and laity who were a part of the process instead of those paid to talk about it. Remember that the age range of “youth” refers to those 16-29 but is applicable to all young people making key life decisions (late teens, 20s… Read More 10 Initial Observations on Pope Francis’ Post-Synodal Exhortation on Young People, Christus Vivit

via Vatican News: Pope Francis marked the Day on Friday with a message to the Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, José Graziano da Silva.  “Water is an essential asset for the equilibrium of ecosystems and human survival, and it must be managed and cared for so that it is not polluted… Read More Pope: Access to Water is a Fundamental Human Right

via CNS: Unborn children would face greater health risks if the Environmental Protection Agency moves to rescind a rule regulating hazardous air pollutants emitted by power plants, said the chairmen of two U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committees. The bishops argued in a March 22 statement that the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, or MATS,… Read More US Bishops: Trump’s EPA Rule Reversal Threatens the Unborn, Pregnant Women, and More

Dozens of Christian ethicists, including Millennial writers Marcus Mescher and Dan DiLeo, have signed a new statement on “Christian Ethics and the Ecological Emergency.” The statement begins: Human activity is now driving a complex, dynamic process of environmental destabilisation across the whole of God’s Earth, at a scale and pace unprecedented in human history. This… Read More New Statement on Christian Ethics and the Ecological Emergency