Fighting for the Amazon with Laudato Si’

Fighting for the Amazon with Laudato Si’

Joce Mendes To Joce Mendes of Brazil, Laudato Si’ doesn’t just represent a guide for the future. Pope Francis’ world-changing encyclical on climate change and ecology represents a way to transform our world as we know it. “[Laudato Si’] is the hope of being able to...
‘We are not alone’

‘We are not alone’

Lettuce and oregano, what Germán Lucero and Carolina Campillay will soon bring to a Mendoza penitentiary. “He does not abandon us, he does not leave us alone, for he has united himself definitively to our earth, and his love constantly impels us to find new ways...
‘Laudato Si’ has inspired me’

‘Laudato Si’ has inspired me’

Mareta Tana Mareta Tana wanted to become a better advocate for creation. She learned the basics of caring for the earth as a child, such as how litter and plastics can harm creation, and how we all need to recycle as much as possible. But through personal reflection...
Sharing Laudato Si’ in southeast Asia

Sharing Laudato Si’ in southeast Asia

Dircia Belo Dircia Belo knew her home country of Timor-Leste had a problem. The small southeast Asian island nation is largely Catholic, and should be the ideal place for Laudato Si’ to take root. Yet she rarely heard anyone talking about Pope Francis’ encyclical on...
“We can all do something”

“We can all do something”

Brian Savoie, center, awards an energy-efficiency matching grant to a Catholic institution in 2018. Brian Savoie is plenty familiar with Pope Francis and the Catholic Church’s push to solve the climate crisis. From 2016 to 2019, he served as a volunteer for Creation...