Stories
General
How it started, how it’s going: Let’s celebrate 10 years of ecological conversion!
Celebrate 10 years of the Laudato Si’ Movement by sharing your story in the “ How it started, how it’s going” campaign and show how your commitment to Creation has grown.
Thank you to all those who make the Laudato Si’ Movement possible
The Laudato Si’ Movement was honored with the Laudato Si’ 2025 Award in recognition of its global work for ecological justice, an achievement that celebrates the collective strength of all the people who make it possible.
Laudato Si’ Week 2025: A Global Tapestry of Hope and Action
Laudato Si’ Week 2025 united thousands worldwide in climate action, ecological conversion, and hope-filled events celebrating 10 years of Laudato Si’.
Pope Leo XIV Greets You
On the sidelines of an address last week in St. Peter’s Square, Laudato Si’ Movement Board Member María Lia Zervino and Executive Director Lorna Gold greeted Pope Leo XIV. Our movement was with them. With an album of photographs representing the rich tapestry of...
Animator Addresses UN Environment Program
Across Africa, Laudato Si’ Movement’s grassroots champions are following policy debates and engaging decision makers. Laudato Si’ Animator Evans Otieli recently joined fellow environmentalists, policymakers, and global changemakers at the 169th Meeting of the...
Laudato Si Week 2025 is mobilizing hope
Inspiring global stories of hope in action, community care, and ecological justice during Laudato Si’ Week 2025.
Eco-Conversion
Why a “Feast of Creation” on September 1?
In recent decades, September 1 has emerged as an important Christian celebration of Creation. It goes by various names: Feast of Creation, Creation Day, World Day of Prayer for Creation, and so on. It has become particularly popular via the ecumenical celebration of...
Laudato Si’ Encounter: Monthly Prayer Guide – September 2023
Discover September Laudato Si’ Encounter, we pray that we may work for justice and peace in and for creation.
LSM Core value: Being in the Church and in the world
Learn more about each of the 10 core values that ground LSM’s mission and identity. This month: Being in the Church and in the world
Laudato Si’ Encounter: Monthly Prayer Guide – August 2023
Discover August Laudato Si’ Encounter, we pray that we may respect and listen to our youth, so that we may be taken out of our comfort zones.
Our Money Speaks of What’s Important for Us
In February of 2022, the Sisters of St. Benedict from the Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, Indiana had a study day on the encyclical Laudato Si’. “We spent the morning looking at the data and realized that ‘things need to change,’ as Pope Francis says,”...
LSM Core value: Cultivating unity within diversity
Learn more about each of the 10 core values that ground LSM’s mission and identity. This month: Cultivating unity within diversity
Prophetic Advocacy
World Environment Day: It takes all of us to build back Biodiversity
Biodiversity is usually understood in terms of the great variety of plants, animals, and microorganisms. Still, it also includes genetic differences within each species, for example, between crop varieties and...
Religions Respond to Hiroshima G7: Peace with the Planet Requires a Fossil Fuel Treaty
Major international religious organizations are responding to the G7 meeting in Hiroshima by expressing dismay that heads of state have failed to take steps to phase out fossil fuels and fund climate-related loss and damage. The religious groups are renewing their...
Reuniting the Protagonists of The Letter: A Global Update
Camaraderie glowed from the Zoom screen on Saturday, May 27, as The Letter’s protagonists reunited under the question “Where do we go from here?” amid all the festivities of Laudato Si' Week. The event was attended by people from as far away as Mexico and Kuwait,...
Arouna Kande’s Earth Day Speech
Hello everyone! Thank you once again for having me as one of your guests. I would like to thank the members of this organization for their invitation and for organizing this Earth Day event. I warmly greet the many people who are here to attend this event. In fact, I...
The Struggle for Environmental Justice: The Story of Eco Martyr Sr. Cleusa Carolina Rody Coelho
We share with you the story of Cleusa Carolina Rody Coelho, a Brazilian eco-martyr who fought for the defense of the environment and Indigenous Peoples’ rights.
Chut Wutty’s legacy: the tireless fight for environmental protection in Cambodia
Chut Wutty was an eco-martyr and human rights defender in Cambodia whose life continues to inspire environmental activists around the world.
Lifestyles
LSM Core value: Taking an Integral Approach
Learn more about each of the 10 core values that ground LSM’s mission and identity. This month: taking an Integral Approach
Road to 2025: the Movement’s synodal journey
Find out some details of the timeline for the Laudato Si’ Movement journey towards 2025
How we experienced our second Global Laudato Si’ Encounter
On Saturday, June 17, the second Laudato Si’ Global Encounter of 2023 was held, where great news for LSM was announced.
Monalisa Lauraya: A story that shows our spirit as LSM
An inspiring story from a Laudato Si’ Animator and her capstone project from last Spring’s Laudato Si’ Animator course.
A worldwide network for the environment, promoted by the Sisters of Charity
Sisters of Charity of Saint Jeanne Antida Thouret have promoted mobilizing events in response to the cry of our mother earth.
When was Laudato Si’ written?
Two dates are important in the publication of Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’. But the fundamental one is when the apostolic text was signed.
Africa
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Chapters
- A Tree Grows at St. Bernard de Clairvaux
on April 2, 2026A few weeks ago we shared the picture of a bare tree at St. Bernard de Clairvaux in Bridgewater. When parishioners perform acts that care for creation by […]
- Laudato Si’ Movement Opens Registration for the 2026 Laudato Si’ Animators Training
on March 30, 2026Global online program equips Catholics and people of goodwill to lead local climate and ecological action inspired by faith The program responds to the urgent […]
- A Simple Life in Harmony with Creation
on March 13, 2026We warmly invite you to attend this retreat on May 16 sponsored by the Laudato Si’ Movement New Jersey Chapter. Please click on the title above to get all […]
- Manifesto of the Churches of the Global South for Our Common Home
on March 13, 2026🌿Churches from the Global South and Europe raise a clear voice for our common home. Catholic leaders from Latin America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Europe […]
- Manifesto of the Churches of the Global South for our Common Home
on March 12, 2026🌿Churches from the Global South and Europe raise a clear voice for our common home. Catholic leaders from Latin America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Europe […]
- Conversations at Bethany
on February 16, 2026Father James Martin, SJ, will reflect on vocation, little but critical life lessons, and the unexpected steps along the path to finding his way to where he is […]