#Environment

Amazon continues to burn. Droughts and arson fires destroy extraordinary biodiversity

Last year it dominated the headlines. One year later, as Covid-19 rages on, it is barely mentioned. Yet the Amazon,…

Deadly wildfires on the West Coast. Churches are shelters for the displaced

The air is unbreathable, the sky is red, with ash-covered roofs and roads from the wildfires that burnt some 3…

Day for Care of Creation. Cauteruccio (Greenaccord): “A new humanism to recover a harmonious relationship with nature”

September 1, marking the 15thWorld Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, falls in a period of widespread uncertainty,…

Development goals: Eurostat, EU makes progress in some areas, no step forward on climate and setbacks on gender equality

Integral ecology. The Holy See: need for “ecological citizenship”

The Holy See’s Interdicastery Table presented a document on integral ecology today, five years after the publication of Laudato si’.…

Day for the Care of Creation. Don Savina (CEI): “If the world is sick it is also because the heart of man is sick”

“While this pandemic has tragically exposed the fragility of human condition, it has also enabled us to recognize ourselves as…

Coronavirus Covid-19: EU Commission, a strategy for biodiversity and the “Farm to Fork” initiative

Sweden: Diocese of Stockholm, “global solidarity advocated in Laudato Si’ even more relevant in times of coronavirus”

Africa under attack: terrorism, locusts, hunger and Covid-19

The portal of the Missio Foundation chronicles the forgotten crises in the African continent. Environmental disasters, terrorism, pandemic threats are…

Papa at audience: “We have sinned against the earth. The earth never forgives”

The Pope dedicated today’s audience to World Earth Day, marking also five years since the publication of Laudato sì, offering…

Pope Francis: audience, “we have sinned against the earth” and “the earth never forgives”. “If we have despoiled it, its response will be very ugly”