How Laudato Si’ is rehabbing lives in Italy

How Laudato Si’ is rehabbing lives in Italy

photo by ForestWander Volunteering around the world, Michele Costa of Tuscany repeatedly witnessed the veracity of Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’ encyclical on climate change that focuses on integral ecology. Costa helped out impoverished areas throughout India, South...
In Poland, changing people’s attitudes toward creation

In Poland, changing people’s attitudes toward creation

photo by Evans E Poland has some of the worst smog in the European Union, and the country’s air pollution caused more than 43,000 premature deaths in 2016 alone, according to estimates from the European Environment Agency. But Anna Brzezińska-Hemperek is trying to...
Changing Spain’s future through Laudato Si’

Changing Spain’s future through Laudato Si’

Villamartín in southern Spain, by Andrés Alpresa Montaña Alpresa of southern Spain knows well the power and importance of Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’ encyclical on climate change and ecology, which has helped millions of people realize that caring for creation is a key...
Shaping future leaders through Laudato Si’

Shaping future leaders through Laudato Si’

Enélida Hernández, not pictured, helped her students connect with nature earlier this year before the coronavirus pandemic. Enélida Hernández of the Canary Islands in Spain noticed that her students lacked a connection with nature. They didn’t garden, and they rarely...
New chapter brings Laudato Si’ to Venezuela

New chapter brings Laudato Si’ to Venezuela

Diego López Before Diego López formally launched Global Catholic Climate Movement in his South American country, Laudato Si’ was discussed throughout Venezuela. Here and there, Catholics mentioned Pope Francis’ groundbreaking encyclical on climate change and ecology,...