A partnership has developed between “an agnostic and a pope, an ex-communist and a Catholic, an Italian and an Argentine, a gastronome and a theologian.” Carlo Petrini, founder of the international Slow Food movement, to broaden his environmental appeal. Despite their different ideologies, the two leaders have joined together to bring awareness to an issue Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Laudato Sii’
Environmentally-friendly more than just words at the Vatican
Friday, November 18th, 2016
Environmentally-friendly. These words are more often than not aspirational. Not so in Vatican City, however. The 44.5 hectare state hopes it “can in some way become a good example of a ‘green’ and non-polluting state.” Recycling initiatives were established in 2008. Today there are over 200 household rubbish and recycling containers dotted around the state for Read more
Presbyterian Church welcomes Pope Francis’s encyclical
Friday, June 26th, 2015Pope has important message on climate change for New Zealand says Presbyterian Church The Presbyterian Church has enthusiastically welcomed Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment which addresses one of the great moral challenges of our time, climate change. “Climate change is a global problem with grave implications: environmental, social, economic, political and for the distribution Read more
Pope’s environment encyclical release on June 18: Vatican
Tuesday, June 9th, 2015Pope Francis’s much anticipated encyclical on the environment will be released on June 18, the Vatican has confirmed. Earlier unconfirmed reports had put the release date two days earlier. “To avoid confusion on the diffusion of non-confirmed information, it is communicated that the foreseen date of the Pope’s encyclical is the next June 18, Thursday,” Read more
Pope’s environment encyclical release on June 16: Report
Friday, June 5th, 2015Pope Francis’s much anticipated encyclical on the environment will be titled “Laudato Sii” (Praised Be) and will be released on June 16, a report states. A Twitter posting by a Spanish journalist from an event at the Vatican publishing house responsible for printing official documents revealed the information. The encyclical will be given an Italian Read more