The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:30:59 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb ‘Just Recovery’ looking past the pandemic /item/31671-just-recovery-looking-past-the-pandemic /item/31671-just-recovery-looking-past-the-pandemic

OTTAWA -- More than 150 organizations, including Catholic and other religious groups, have united to support six “Principles for a Just Recovery” which they hope will influence what Canada will look like after COVID-19.

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Canada Fri, 29 May 2020 10:33:01 -0400
PlanetƵapp ‘urgent’ cry rings loud and clear /item/31630-planet-s-urgent-cry-rings-loud-and-clear /item/31630-planet-s-urgent-cry-rings-loud-and-clear

It is not wrong to say that Laudato Si’ is an encyclical about ecology or climate change. But nobody gets full marks for that answer.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 21 May 2020 08:28:52 -0400
Teen emerges as voice for climate change action /item/31288-teen-emerges-as-voice-for-climate-change-action /item/31288-teen-emerges-as-voice-for-climate-change-action

Making an impact in the world doesn’t have to be an accomplishment reserved for the later years of life. At 16, Haana Edenshaw has already made considerable strides towards raising environmental awareness and protecting her land.

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Youth Speak News Wed, 18 Mar 2020 13:45:35 -0400
Green Churches keeps eye on the prize /item/31237-green-churches-keeps-eye-on-the-prize /item/31237-green-churches-keeps-eye-on-the-prize

ItƵapp been a slow process for the Green Churches Network in its aim to be a truly national chain of faith-based organizations bent on improving environmental practices, but it is making small gains every day, said its new director.

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mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Canada Sun, 08 Mar 2020 07:00:00 -0400
Catholic leaders welcome new wind farm project in Kenya /home/international/item/30048-catholic-leaders-welcome-new-wind-farm-project-in-kenya /home/international/item/30048-catholic-leaders-welcome-new-wind-farm-project-in-kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya -- As turbines turn on Africa's largest wind farm on the shores of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, Catholic leaders welcomed the project as good for the environment and important for human development.

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International Tue, 13 Aug 2019 11:23:11 -0400