environment

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The Gift of Creation

Reflect One of God’s greatest blessings is the beautiful world that surrounds us—trees, flowers, mountains, deserts, the ocean. What great gift we have received! We must always remember, though, the value of this gift and treat It with care.   Pray ...
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The Colorado River water runs through Central Arizona Project canals in Pinal County, Ariz., April 9, 2023. A Colorado river water agreement that aims to cut intake in order to prevent a devastating water crisis for people and nature alike provides the Catholic Church an opportunity to engage people with its teaching in "Laudato Si'." (OSV News photo/Rebecca Noble, Reuters)

Catholics In States Affected By Shrinking Colorado River Draw On ‘Laudato Si”

When renowned science fiction author Robert Heinlein wrote in his apocalyptic 1952 short story “The Year of the Jackpot” that “the Colorado River was at a record low and the towers in Lake Mead stood high out of the water.
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Hope in Action

Reflect  “All it takes is one good person to restore hope! “ (Laudato Si’ #71) A personal exercise in hope might be counting the shades of green in a forest, or the numerous life forms that thrive in the ocean, ...
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The Wisdom of Trees

Creation will not hurry. Yet, as life thrives and evolves, God will accomplish everything.
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Earth’s Limited Resources

Reflect St. Francis of Assisi was Pope Francis “guide and inspiration” for his letter Laudato Si about the environment. Because St. Francis saw the world with more than “intellectual appreciation or economic calculus,” he would sometimes sing in wonder at ...
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Pope Francis On Our Common Home

“The poetry of earth is never dead,” John Keats wrote. These quotes from Pope Francis illuminate that truth.
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