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Catholic bishops and religious call for action as report shows world’s biggest banks significantly increased fossil fuel financing in 2024
The world’s top 65 banks have financed fossil fuels with $7.9 trillion since the Paris Agreement, according to the latest edition of the Banking on Climate Chaos report. The report is endorsed by 492 organizations from 69 countries, including Laudato Si’ Movement,...
Celebrating 10 Years of Laudato Si’ Across Africa – Reflections from Laudato Si’ Week 2025
Author: Mwenya Chitambala From May 24 to 31, a wave of joy, faith, and purpose swept across Africa as communities united to celebrate Laudato Si’ Week 2025! This year’s celebration was more than just a commemoration — it marked the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si’,...
The Global South’s prophetic message to COP30
COP30 and the urgent call of the Global South: Climate justice and ecological conversion
Press release: Global Encounter Marks Pivotal Moment for the Future of the Laudato Si’ Movement
On Saturday, July 19, the Laudato Si’ Movement (LSM) will host the Global Online Encounter, a historic gathering that marks the culmination of an 18-month global listening journey. This virtual event will bring together over 1,000 participants from more than 80...
Ireland’s Faith-Based Response to the Climate and Biodiversity Crisis
In March 2023, the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference made a groundbreaking and prophetic commitment: by 2030, 30% of all church grounds in Ireland will be returned to nature. This initiative, inspired by Laudato Si’ and the Church’s growing ecological awareness,...
Global listening, active hope: join the Laudato Si’ Movement Encounter
Laudato Si’ Movement’s Global Encounter is an international synodal listening process.
Eco-Conversion
LSM Core value: Embracing contemplation and action
Learn more about each of the 10 core values that ground LSM’s mission and identity. This month: Embracing contemplation and action
Laudate Deum Examen
This examen follows the five steps of the Ignatian Examen, guided by key quotes from Pope Francis in his timely exhortation.
In thanksgiving for the “flowing rivers”, we conclude the Season of Creation
The Season of Creation concluded on October 4th with a prayer meeting that gave thanks for the many fruits as well as challenges that occurred during the ecumenical season in 2023.
How can we become more attentive to the cries of Earth?
Fifth Sunday of the Season of Creation October 1, 2023 | 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time SCRIPTURES Ezekiel 18:25-28 Ps. 25:4-9 Philippians 2:1-11 Matthew 21:28-32 Reading from the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel. Our decisions for evil or for good matter to God. The message...
People of God: Celebrating Unity, Synodality, and the Beauty of Diversity
A gathering of faith, unity, and diversity at St. Peter’s Square
Via Creationis: contemplating the mystery of Creation
The Via Creationis is a new prayer that commemorates the mystery of Creation and is prayed in seven stations, giving thanks to God for all creation.
Prophetic Advocacy
Latin American Symposium for an energy transition in terms of integral ecology
The 2nd Symposium for the care of the common home was held on September 7 on the theme of accelerating the just energy transition in terms of integral ecology.
African Climate Week and Africa Climate Summit’s Statement of Faith
Statement of Faith from around the African continent to the Kenyan government, the African Union and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at the African Climate Summit and the African Climate Week, Nairobi, Kenya 4th - 6th September 2023. We,...
Africa: Vulnerable to the climate crisis – Challenges and Hopes
The WMO published a new report showing that Africa suffers disproportionately from the consequences of the climate crisis.
Africa Climate Week 2023 : Mobilizing Voices for Real Change
This groundbreaking initiative kicks off with an African Public Protest- “The Real Africa People’s Climate March” on the 4th October 2023.
Laudato Si’, part 2: An ongoing dialogue of the signs of the times
Laudato Si’, part 2: what will be included in the apostolic exhortation already announced by Pope Francis as an update of the 2015 encyclical.
A second Laudato Si’? What the Pope is preparing before the Season of Creation
A few days before the start of the Season of Creation Pope Francis mentioned that he is writing “a second part of Laudato Si'”.
Lifestyles
St. Hildegard of Bingen: The Sacramentality of Creation
Inspiring saint: St. Hildegard of Bingen Feast Day: September 17 St. Hildegard of Bingen (c. 1098- 1179) was a woman of her time — an abbess, visionary, mystic, composer, and one of four female Doctors of the Church. She came from nobility and was the youngest of...
Let justice and peace flow!
Matthew 18, 21:35 In today’s Gospel, Matthew shows us the powerful parable of the unforgiving servant. While this story revolves around the themes of mercy, forgiveness, and compassion, it also holds deep implications for our ecological consciousness and the...
We cannot say that we love God if we do not care for the gift of creation in all its wonders and riches
Second Sunday of the Season of Creation September 10, 2023 | 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time SCRIPTURES Ezekiel 33:7-9 Ps. 95:1-2, 6-9 Romans 13:8-10 Matthew 18:15-20 In the first reading, Ezekiel describes God’s warning to himself and to us: we are responsible for each...
Reconciliation within our Communities and with Creation
This Sunday we reflect on the Gospel of Matthew (18:15-20), which reflects on reconciliation within our Communities and with Creation.
Are you among those who believe in God who creates all things?
First Sunday of the Season of Creation September 3, 2023 | 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time SCRIPTURES Jeremiah 20:7-9 Ps. 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 Romans 12:1-2 Matthew 16:21-27 1st Sunday of the Season of Creation. The Gospel. In the increasingly destructive impacts of the...
Harmony in Creation: Embracing Laudato Si’ and Nurturing Our Common Home
Mt 16, 21-27 Today we reflect on the Gospel of Matthew (16:21-27), which reflects the harmony of creation. We encounter a passage beyond a mere conversation between Jesus and His disciples. This passage invites us to reflect on the deeper meaning of being followers of...
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