This post by Henry Longbottom, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post. The word emanating from Vatican corridors is that we can expect to see the long awaited environment-themed encyclical at some point during 2015. The exact date has not been disclosed, but it could coincide with Francis’ apostolic visit to the Philippines in January,… Read More Pope Francis’ Ecology Encyclical: What Can We Expect?
Millennial writer Daniel DiLeo has a couple of new posts for ACCU Peace and Justice. He writes: Evans goes on to explicate how Catholics—individually and collectively—have a moral imperative rooted in CST to exercise greater care for God’s good gift of creation. In particular, Evans asserts that Catholic colleges and universities have an ethical responsibility… Read More A Vision of Justice in Catholic Higher Education
Millennial writer Dan DiLeo has a new article in Catholic Rural Life Magazine. He writes: The connection between solidarity and Creation care exists because of their concurrent relationships to the common good. The Church recognizes that humanity’s embeddedness within Creation means that promotion of the common good requires sustainable environmental conditions. The full article can… Read More Creation Care and Solidarity
On July 16, 2014, Australia lapsed into a relative state of climatic irresponsibility when it repealed the national carbon tax that had been in place since 2012. Although this may seem like an amoral intranational policy decision, traditional categories of Catholic moral theology can help demonstrate that Australia’s carbon tax repeal is actually a morally… Read More Complicit Down Under: America’s Moral Responsibility for Australia’s Carbon Tax Repeal
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its long-awaited draft of carbon pollution standards for existing fossil fuel power plants, known as the Clean Power Plan. Americans now have 120 days to offer public comments on the rules, and U.S. Catholics are encouraged to do so using the ethical principles articulated by the U.S.… Read More Catholics against Climate Change: Faithful Advocates for the EPA’s Clean Power Plan
Millennial writer Daniel DiLeo has a new article in Political Theology Today, in which he summarizes the 1981 USCCB energy statement, identifies aspects of the statement that continue to be particularly relevant, and briefly proposes ways in which an updated energy statement can offer more pertinent Catholic guidance regarding today’s most pressing energy challenges. He… Read More Daniel DiLeo: Recommendations for an Updated USCCB Energy Statement
Pope Francis: “Safeguard Creation. Because if we destroy Creation, Creation will destroy us!”
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