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Global Warming, Glaciers, and Nearly Silent Catholic Wisdom

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently released an ominous report on...

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Norman Wirzba Roots Humanity in a Sacred World

On Wirzba, This Sacred Life: Humanity’s Place in a Wounded World What is humanity’s purpose...

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October 06, 2021

Faith Leaders on Climate Change: “Future Generations Will Never Forgive us If …”

Forty faith leaders, including Pope Francis and other representatives of major religions published an appeal...

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August 27, 2020

BirthStrike Movement to Dissolve Next Week

An article by The Guardian’s liberal columnist George Monbiot could have been written by any...

March 2020

March 21, 2020

Corona, Global Warming, Sacrifice, and Hope

Before the corona virus epidemic, I was a climate change pessimist. I’m a bit more...

January 2020

January 29, 2020

Ecological Sin — It Makes Sense … and Controversy

“Ecological sin: Idea of updating catechism sparks debate.” Catholic News Service ran this article as...

January 02, 2020

Elder Raoni Metuktire, age near 90, Fights for Amazonia, its Indigenous Peoples, and All of Us

There probably is no region on earth where human activity has greater impact on my...

December 2019

December 21, 2019

COP25 Climate Conference Disappointing; Churches React

Some Americans, including in my town in Southern Minnesota, who are not necessarily climate-change deniers,...

December 06, 2019

Preeminent is Not the Same as Most Urgent

Ranking abortion and climate change The American bishops, meeting in Baltimore recently, decided not to...

November 2019

November 08, 2019

Could this be the Most Anti-life Deed?

Trump begins withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement On June 1, 2017, Donald Trump announced that...

September 2019

September 24, 2019

You Can Kill the Prophets, but More Effective is to Shower Praise and Do Nothing

Greta Thunberg, young Swedish climate activist, has spoken in several venues since arriving on our...

September 19, 2019

Climate Week, Many Words, and (Maybe) Action Plans

A preaching that does not point out sin is not the preaching of the gospel....

September 04, 2019

Have you heard of Greta Thunberg?

I was chatting with an old acquaintance up in St. Cloud. She’s from England and...

August 2019

August 30, 2019

Amazon Fires, the Churches, and the Coming Amazon Synod

Religion News Service published an article on the different ways churches are responding to the...

July 2019

July 14, 2019

Two HomiliesToday, and the One in Action was Better

I got my churches mixed up while visiting a daughter in Madison, Wisconsin, and came...

July 02, 2019

The Church in Politics: Abortion, Environment, and Being Partisan

Church-state separation is honored in political rhetoric and welcomed by the Church since the 1930’s....

May 2019

May 11, 2019

Minnesota Bishops’ Integral Ecology Document Disappoints

I’ve been posting about the response of the bishops of Chile to the oppression of...

May 03, 2019

Greta Thunberg, Pope Francis agree: It’s an Emergency

“I want you to panic” about climate change -- Thunberg Donald Trump declares a state...

February 2019

February 08, 2019

Shrinking Glaciers and SOTU’s Great Omission: The Church has Expertise to Respond

In what ways and how much should the Church should get involved in politics? Presumably the sanctity of life is...

December 2018

December 15, 2018

COP24 Metaphors: Children Playing Hide and Seek and King’s College Boys Choir

Advent is a season of waiting, and I have been awaiting the conclusion of the...

November 2018

November 09, 2018

Single-Use is Word of the Year as Election Mostly Ignores Environment

I read in the Guardian that Collins Dictionary has named single-use the 2018 word of...

October 2018

October 26, 2018

Joachim Schellnhuber, Papal Adviser, Contemplates Global Warming, Cyborgs, and Reverse Creation

Joachim Schellnhuber is one of the world’s foremost experts on global warming. He helped advise...

September 2018

September 28, 2018

Indian Chief Asks: What Legacy am I Leaving for the Next Seven Generations?

What legacy, what kind of world, are we leaving for our children, grandchildren, and great...

September 21, 2018

Hurricane Florence, Global Warming, and Ember Days

A thought and a prayer as people on the East Coast recover from Hurricane Florence:...

September 14, 2018

Ye Old Ember Days, a Good Fit for This Time of Prayer for Creation

This is a time of prayer for creation. (See this post on the World Day...

August 2018

August 31, 2018

World Day of Prayer for Creation

Tomorrow is the day Christians pray for the earth. Pope Francis designated September 1 as...

June 2018

June 01, 2018

Climate Change for the Conservative Temperament

My last post was about rising seas (Noah and the Flood). The next one will...

May 2018

May 25, 2018

Teilhard Blesses this World of Matter, and So do I

A prayer from Teilhard de Chardin reveals the material world as a true companion on...

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