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 God������Ƶapp grace in the world today.  Nowhere is this change more necessary than in humanity������Ƶapp treatment of God������Ƶapp Creation, meaning all of nature and our relationships with other humans within it.

Looking at the cathedral-scale art by one of the world������Ƶapp foremost photographers, theologian Dennis Patrick O’Hara said, “Yes, it������Ƶapp awesome and it������Ƶapp awful.”

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 Canada������Ƶapp landmass.

When God provides, there������Ƶapp 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 God������Ƶapp goodness that has ever been seen, touched or walked through — the natural world. 

Canada������Ƶapp 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.

It������Ƶapp the timing that makes Ontario Premier Doug Ford������Ƶapp cap-and-trade announcement particularly ironic.