Catholics all over the world are encouraged to host or attend prayer services to create greater awareness about trafficking.
At the Faith and Life convention in Belfast, Dr Michel Camdessus, who was appointed by John Paul II to serve on the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, suggests five “paths of humanity” that could contribute towards a universal common good.
Promoting Integral Human Development will deal with the environment, migration, the sick, prisoners, modern-day slaves — the issues closest to Pope Francis' heart.
It offers an opportunity to reaffirm our personal vocation to be stewards of creation, to thank God for the wonderful handiwork which he has entrusted to our care, and to implore his help for the protection of creation...
“It demonstrates to our elected representatives that protection of creation is important to us” - Bishop John McAreavey.
Poll also found Catholics (43%) barely ahead of the general public (39%) in viewing global warming as a moral issue.
Cardinal Peter Turkson sends message of support to two-day Islamic climate change symposium taking place in Istanbul.
“Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience.”
Mary Robinson to address conference on ‘People and Planet First: the Imperative to Change Course’ on Friday.
"Laudato Si is an astonishing document - there is no longer any excuse for people not knowing about this issue”: author and environmental activist Bill McKibben.
Cardinal Turkson warns, “We clearly need a fundamental change of course, to protect the earth and its people – which, in turn, will allow us to ‘dignify humanity’."
UN Secretary General, Ban ki-Moon, will meet Pope Francis in the Vatican later this month to issues including climate change.
“We all have a part to play in protecting and sustaining our common home,” the President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace said in his keynote address on Pope Francis's “integral ecology”.
President of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace pays first visit to Belfast.
