Dan DiLeo in Political Theology Today: Avoiding ‘Birdbath Franciscanism’

Millennial writer Dan DiLeo has a new post on the Political Theology Today blog, “The Feast of St. Francis: Avoiding ‘Birdbath Franciscanism’ Through Environmental Advocacy”. DiLeo argues, “As we celebrate the Feast of St. Francis today, it is clear that Francis’ environmental ethic, which is firmly situated in the fullness of Church teaching, requires that… Read More Dan DiLeo in Political Theology Today: Avoiding ‘Birdbath Franciscanism’

October 8, 2013 Millennial

Melting Ice, Mending Creation: a Catholic Approach to Climate Change

Quick: name one of your favorite Christian axioms. You know, one of the “tweetable” maxims that has developed over the two thousand year history of the Church. Is it: Do to others whatever you would have them do to you? (Mt 7:12) What about: Our hearts are restless until they rest in you? (Augustine) Maybe:… Read More Melting Ice, Mending Creation: a Catholic Approach to Climate Change

September 20, 2013September 20, 2013 Dan DiLeo

President Obama on Climate Change

On Tuesday, June 25, 2013, President Obama unveiled the most ambitious plan to date by any U.S. President to address the increasingly urgent climate crisis. Although the speech was addressed to both the nation and the world, the address is particularly relevant for millennial Catholics. This is first due to the fact that he unveiled… Read More President Obama on Climate Change

July 2, 2013October 28, 2013 Dan DiLeo

Dan DiLeo in America

Millennial writer Dan DiLeo has co-written an article that appeared in America earlier this week. The article is on his area of expertise: climate change and the Catholic response. The full article can be read here.

June 22, 2013 Sarah Christian

Pope Francis on Consumerism, Environmental Ecology, and Human Ecology

Since his election to the papacy, Pope Francis has made the care of God’s good gift of Creation one of the central themes of his pontificate. This is in a certain sense not surprising, given both the environmental legacy of his papal predecessors—Pope Benedict XVI and Pope John II, in particular—and his choice of the… Read More Pope Francis on Consumerism, Environmental Ecology, and Human Ecology

June 6, 2013 Dan DiLeo

Catholic Millennials and Climate Change

More than twenty years ago, Pope John Paul II brought the attention of the Catholic Church to the issue of climate change when he declared in his 1990 World Day of Peace Message, “The gradual depletion of the ozone layer and the related ‘greenhouse effect’ has now reached crisis proportions.” Since that time, the Church… Read More Catholic Millennials and Climate Change

June 3, 2013June 3, 2013 Dan DiLeo

Catholics to Obama and Romney: Heed Pope Benedict’s Call, Address Climate Change

Did you notice anything missing from the national conventions these past two weeks? It seems that among all the major speeches a major tenant of Catholic social teaching was noticeably missing: being good stewards of God’s earth. In fact, the effects of global climate change have hardly been mentioned at all during this nearly year-and-a-half race for the… Read More Catholics to Obama and Romney: Heed Pope Benedict’s Call, Address Climate Change

September 10, 2012September 9, 2025 Caitlin Conroy

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