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...
Turning despair into action for creation

Turning despair into action for creation

Knox Peden, far left, leads a prayer walk at the Catholic Parish of St. Joseph’s, O’Connor in Canberra, Australia For Knox Peden, Laudato Si’ and the Catholic Church’s response to climate change have done much more than simply motivate him to act. The message of Pope...