Message of Pope Francis for Creation Day 2023
On World Environment Day, we share Pope Francis’ message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation 2023, published on 25 May 2023.
Pope Francis invites us to join the Laudato Si’ Week 2023
Pope Francis invites everyone to join the Laudato Si’ Week 2023, which will take place from May 21-28 with the theme: “Hope for the Earth. Hope for Humanity”.
Laudato Si’ Week 2023. Hope for the earth. Hope for humanity
Laudato Si’ Week 2023 will be celebrated May 21-28 with the film “The Letter” to mark the eighth anniversary of Pope Francis’ landmark encyclical on care for creation.
Pope launches “Borgo Laudato Si'” Proyect in Caste Gandolfo
Pope Francis establishes an education center on integral ecology in the papal residence of Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, to promote “ecological conversion” as called for in his Encyclical Laudato si’.
Franciscans join all Catholic actors in the premiere of “The Letter” at COP27
The first COP 27 screening of the Letter was presented by the Laudato Si Movement, the Vatican delegation, and the Senegalese government on November 10, 2022. It took place at COP27’s Blue Zone in the Government of Senegal Pavilion. Before the film was shown, Archbishop Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thévenin, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Arab Republic of Egypt, had a roundtable conversation with Fra. Angel Cortez, OFM, the representative of the Franciscan Delegation, and with other representatives of Catholic organizations.
Shemá: Biodiversity, Franciscans, and the Season of Creation: for a present that has a future
That was the title of the virtual seminar offered on September 1, 2022, by the Franciscan, Rome Office of Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation.
Franciscans invited to live the Season of Creation 2022
In order to better understand the Season of Creation 2022 and to live it from our faith and spirituality, both on a personal and fraternal level, five guiding questions are presented with their respective answers and resources.
The story of frei Luiz, friar and bishop in North-east Brazil
“Out of love for the people, out of love for the river – which was a source of life for the inhabitants – we could not have been in favour of a project that aimed solely and exclusively at the economic use of water”
Laudato Si’ Week 2022 Complete Schedule
The theme for the week is “Listening and Journeying Together.” Laudato Si’ Week 2022 is sponsored by the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and facilitated by Laudato Si’ Movement in collaboration with a cohort of Catholic partners.
Spain: energy self-sufficiency for St Francis of Assisi Friary and Parish in Pamplona
This project wanted to equip the Parish of St Francis of Assisi and the friary of St Francis with a photovoltaic solar plant for collective self-sufficiency, thus reducing the consumption of fossil fuels and increasing the possibility of saving on energy bills