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Archive for category: Pope Francis

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Earth Day 2018

This short resource reflects on the theme of Earth Day 2018, connects this theme to Pope Francis’s concerns for Creation, and offers suggestions for action and an Earth Day prayer.

EFJ’s 2015 resource, “Catholic Social Thought in Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home,” is also included below. This updated reflection discusses how the Catholic social thought grounds his discussion of the signs of these times and the need for an authentic conversion so we may stop the degradation of Creation.

 

 

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Pope Francis: Jerusalem as an Interfaith City

The first day of February begins World Interfaith Harmony Week; this resource looks at the efforts of Pope Francis and the three popes before him to promote interfaith harmony in the holy city of Jerusalem.  The resource gives a brief history of the divided city, the current Pope’s perspective on the current political situation, and the concerns of earlier pontiffs.

 

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Pope Francis on Sustainable Urban Communities, Encounter, and Solidarity

Pope Francis reminds us that we cannot simply work for the environment in our communities without concern for “the cry of the poor.” He believes all is interconnected and we must hear “both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor” if we want to build truly sustainable communities.