Pope Francis has designated September 1 as the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Pope Francis said he was instituting the prayer day for Catholics because he shares the concern of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, who initiated a similar prayer day for the Orthodox Church in 1989. The day of prayer, Read more
Posts Tagged ‘creation’
Particle accelerator could show universe had no start point
Friday, March 27th, 2015
Scientists believe experiments at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland could prove that the universe had no singular starting point. According to a report in The Telegraph, the detection of miniature black holes by the LHC could show that the Big Bang did not happen. It could also prove the existence of parallel universes. If Read more
Pope says gender theory mindset sins against creator God
Tuesday, February 17th, 2015
Pope Francis has strongly criticised the notion of gender theory as an example of an attitude that sins against God the creator. In an interview published in a book recently released in Italy, the Pope put gender theory in the same category as genetic manipulation and nuclear weapons. These are all threats to creation, that Read more
Pope says evolution, Big Bang, fit with Catholic teaching
Friday, October 31st, 2014
Pope Francis has said that both the Big Bang theory, about the start of the universe, and the theory of evolution do not conflict with Catholic teaching. Speaking to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on Monday, Pope Francis said scientific explanations for the world did not exclude the role of God in creation. “The beginning Read more
Pope Francis’s encyclical on environment expected in early 2015
Friday, July 18th, 2014An encyclical by Pope Francis on creation and respect for the environment is expected to be released in early 2015. Pope Francis has reportedly spent months drafting his new encyclical. In March, during an audience with superiors from the Franciscan order, the Pope expressed how much this topic concerns him, and asked them for advice. Order Read more
Pope Francis says if we destroy creation, it will destroy us
Friday, May 23rd, 2014
Pope Francis has sounded a clear warning about respect for the environment – if we destroy creation, then creation will destroy us. At his general audience on May 21, the Pope said polluting or destroying the environment amounts to telling God one doesn’t like his creation. Safeguarding creation is safeguarding a gift from God, he Read more
Virtue of eating less meat
Friday, April 4th, 2014
Abstaining from animal products during a period of fasting is a practice that dates back to early Christian monastic tradition. This tradition persists in the Orthodox Churches where even today fasting is characterised by abstinence from all animal products. But while abstaining from meat in the Roman tradition is mainly associated with the sacrifice of Read more
Ecology: Church teaching before and by the Pope
Friday, March 7th, 2014
In 1971 the document Justice in the World, issued by the Synod of Bishops, represented a major step in the development of Catholic teaching on the environment. Barbara Ward-Jackson was a consultant before and during the synod and undoubtedly had a considerable influence on its outcome. This document emphasised the close link between ecology and Read more
A universe from nothing?
Friday, August 16th, 2013
Most things sound convincing when Morgan Freeman says them. The host of Through the Wormhole and the voice of God himself recently told told Craig Ferguson’s Late Late Show that the Higgs Boson “explains everything – creation.” “Oh oh”, replies Ferguson, “that’s not going to be popular.” The “science puts God out of a job” Read more
Culture of waste condemned by Pope Francis
Friday, June 7th, 2013
In his most powerful environment-themed address to date, Pope Francis has condemned the “culture of waste” and the economic system in which “men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption”. Speaking on World Environment Day, the Pope referred to the proper stewardship of the earth. “Are we truly cultivating and caring Read more