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Pope calls on people to modify their lifestyles

Humanity can no longer ignore the cries of the earth that is suffering due to greed and the excessive consumption of its resources, Pope Francis said.

Climate change topic of youth summit at St. Viator

Climate change and what can be done about it were the topics of the day when over 60 students from Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Diocese of Joliet gathered for a Youth Climate Summit on April 9 at St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights.

Local leaders helped plan global Laudato Si’ platform

Leaders from the Archdiocese of Chicago and area institutions have been instrumental in planning for the Laudato Si’ Action Platform, a seven-year global effort to implement and expand the reach of Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home.”

Catholics, Greek Orthodox pray for the care of creation

Cardinal Cupich and Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Nathanael led a congregation of about 100 people in the seventh annual solemn vespers for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Glenview Oct. 22.

Field Museum staff help parish promote native life, plants in garden

Sections of the Our Lady of the Snows Parish campus, 4810 S. Leamington Ave., have been transformed this year with the addition of more than 1,600 native plants selected especially to attract and support pollinators such as butterflies and bees.

Catholic environmental movement adopts new name in push to inspire action

The Global Catholic Climate Movement is now known as the Laudato Si’ Movement.

Quinn Center garden project inspires community collaboration

You can’t plant a garden without getting your hands dirty. Dozens of volunteers did just that May 22 at the Quinn Center of St. Eulalia Church. They dug out weeds, planted flowers, herbs and vegetables and took time for Zumba and yoga as part of the “Cultivate Quinn” event.

Humanity must care for creation or face self-destruction, pope says

When it comes to safeguarding creation, there is no time to waste — humanity either must live up to its responsibility or continue on a path of self-destruction, Pope Francis said, commemorating Earth Day with a video message.

Archdiocese encourages parishes to plant Laudato Si’ gardens

Ascension Parish in Oak Park for years has been home to a community garden that, in cooperation with other gardeners from the parish, donates more than a ton of food to the pantry at St. Martin de Porres Parish in the Austin neighborhood.

Cardinal joins discussion on creation with faith leaders

Care of God’s creation is so integral to the teachings of Judaism, Christianity and Islam that it’s difficult to understand how members of those religious traditions could not be environmentalists, according to panelists in a Feb. 23 online discussion celebrating the publication of the “Ecumenical and Interreligious Guidebook: Care for Our Home.”
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