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Care of environment topic of youth meeting with Bishop Hicks

Care of the environment is an important topic for many of today’s young people, and thanks to an effort by the Office of Lifelong Formation, local youth had an opportunity Feb. 24 to share their concerns with Auxiliary Bishop Ronald Hicks, archdiocesan vicar general.

Pope, bishops urge action to save burning Amazon rainforest

Describing the Amazon rainforest as "vital for our planet," Pope Francis joined the regions bishops in praying for action to extinguish the massive fires burning there.

World Youth Day participants issue 'manifesto' to call attention to environment

Young people attending World Youth Day called attention to the world's environmental problems, issuing what they called a "manifesto" for the "care of the common home."

Church teaching leads Catholic entities to divest from fossil fuels

Caritas Internationalis, the Catholic Church’s worldwide network of humanitarian aid agencies, three German banks and more than 30 other Catholic institutions are planning to divest at least part of their financial portfolios from the fossil fuel industry.

‘All the fights are long term,’ says environmentalist

For Celeste Flores, protecting the environment is the best way to express her Catholic faith. Flores, 26, is the outreach director of Faith in Place in Lake County, an interfaith organization that works on environmental issues. Its mission, she said, is for people of faith to develop an ecological conscience so that they work to improve the environment.

Catholics voice concern about EPA efforts to dismantle Clean Power Plan

An Environmental Protection Agency decision to roll back an Obama-era regulation to curb carbon dioxide emissions from power plants met with disapproval and pledges to work to keep key components of the plan in place from Catholic organizations.

Loyola institute integrates spirituality, science of water

Ana Almazon knows that theology and science aren’t necessarily everybody’s favorite subjects in school. But Almazon, a senior at Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep in Waukegan, said she thinks her friends should definitely give them a chance.

Holy Family takes classrooms to the outdoors

The word “classroom” has taken on a new meaning at Holy Family Catholic Academy in Inverness. The school, which is situated on a 20-acre campus, was certified in November as having the Chicago area’s first “outdoor...

Speakers: Black Catholics must act on climate change

Black Catholics have a mission to act on climate change, and they have a mission to do it now.

The poor bear the burden when environment is harmed

When Pope Francis released his encyclical "Laudato Si'" last month, he made the point that the da...
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