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Pope Francis said the title of his new letter on the environment will be "Laudate Deum," (Praise God), a frequent refrain in several psalms, including Psalm 148, which tells the heavens and the angels and the sun and moon to praise the Lord.

During the season of Advent, we celebrated the arrival of that new life which changed the world forever. But Christians don’t just wait impatiently, hovering like children anxious to tear open gifts on Christmas morn. An adult faith moves us to prepare the way of the Lord by deeper reflection, leading towards changing ourselves and our practices. Living through Advent, we open ourselves to the incarnational activity of GodöÏÓãÊÓƵapp grace in the world today.  Nowhere is this change more necessary than in humanityöÏÓãÊÓƵapp treatment of GodöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Creation, meaning all of nature and our relationships with other humans within it.

Looking at the cathedral-scale art by one of the worldöÏÓãÊÓƵapp foremost photographers, theologian Dennis Patrick O’Hara said, “Yes, itöÏÓãÊÓƵapp awesome and itöÏÓãÊÓƵapp awful.â€�

Another Canadian Catholic institution has joined in the movement to sell off all carbon-based energy stocks and forbid portfolio managers from buying any more.

Canadians take water for granted. We have more ocean shoreline than any nation on Earth and our freshwater lakes and rivers cover almost 12 per cent of CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp landmass.

WASHINGTON – The Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference and Caritas India are among 19 Catholic institutions that have decided to divest from the fossil fuel industry.

When God provides, thereöÏÓãÊÓƵapp not much else that parishioners of St. Vincent de Paul Church need. 

Catholics might finally be ready to pray for the most obvious sign of GodöÏÓãÊÓƵapp goodness that has ever been seen, touched or walked through — the natural world. 

CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp two largest churches, which represent two-thirds of Canadian Christians, have jointly declared that climate change and ecological degradation are central, enduring concerns for Christians.

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The Baker family went back to land —literally — two years ago. Since then, they’ve met the challenges of sustainable farming and discovered the joys of guarding GodöÏÓãÊÓƵapp creation.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – El Salvador's bishops urged lawmakers to discard any plans for privatizing water in the Central American country, saying the poor could not afford to pay the cost of a vital necessity.

For the sake of the planet, the rights of Indigenous peoples and the future, the Catholic Church in Canada spoke out against the pipeline. 

VATICAN – The world needs a new kind of leadership that believes in building up the whole human family and protecting the environment, Pope Francis told a group of energy and oil executives and global investors.

VATICAN – The Catholic Church must discover new ways to provide the Eucharist and pastoral support to the people of the Amazon, especially indigenous people threatened by forced displacement and exploitation, a new document said.