Inspiring Stories
February 14, 2023: Vatican and Stockholm Environment Institute launch new resource—Our Common Home: A guide to caring for our living planet
https://www.humandevelopment.va/en/news/2023/launch-of-the-booklet-our-common-home.html
December 19, 2022: Faiths at COP 15 News—Faith communities celebrate a global deal to protect nature while calling for governments and civil society to ratchet up ambition
December 6, 2022: No More Biodiversity Loss! A rallying call to action for Laudato Si Movement (LSM) at COP15—on December 12th, LSM handed over the Healthy Planet Healthy People Petition to the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biodiversity, Ms Elizabeth Mrema, with the signatures and demands of more than 200,000 Catholics and more than 430 partner organizations.
October 4, 2022: Vatican presents accession to UN and Paris Climate Agreements
October 4, 2022: New Laudato Si’ film launched in Rome—The Letter, a film about dialogue that calls for a change of heart
June 3, 2022: Laudato Si’ Week sees Catholic Church take action in record numbers
June 4, 2021 Pope Francis lends support to UN effort to restore degraded ecosystems
May 28, 2021: Top 5 Laudato Si’ Week 2021 highlights
https://catholicclimatemovement.global/top-5-laudato-si-week-2021-highlights-en-news/
May 25, 2021: Launch of Laudato Si’ Action Platform culminates Laudato Si’ Week 2021 as Catholics around the world respond to Pope Francis’ call
https://www.humandevelopment.va/en/news/2021/the-launch-of-the-laudato-si-action-platform.html
May 17, 2021: Faith institutions divest from fossil fuels and call for just recovery ahead of G7 and COP26
March 25, 2021: Supreme Court rules Ottawa's carbon tax is constitutional
In 6-3 decision, top court finds federal government can impose nationwide pricing standards.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/supreme-court-federal-carbon-tax-constitutional-case-1.5962687
January 4, 2021: Mission response to the challenges and changes of 2021
https://www.ecojesuit.com/mission-response-to-the-challenges-and-changes-of-2021/
June 22, 2020: Vatican issues sweeping new environmental guidelines
https://catholicclimatemovement.global/vatican-issues-sweeping-new-environmental-guidelines/
June 1, 2020: Development and Peace – Caritas Canada joins the call for a just recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic
May 28, 2020: Top 5 Laudato Si’ Week Highlights
https://laudatosiweek.org/2020/05/28/top-5-laudato-si-week-highlights/
May 18, 2020: Faith institutions call for a just recovery by divesting from fossil fuels
https://catholicclimatemovement.global/faith-institutions-divest-from-fossil-fuels/
Vatican announces a Special Laudato Si’ Anniversary Year from May 2020 – May 2021 with plans to grow a Laudato Si’ inspired network
April 22, 2020: For the Love of Creation—A faith-based initiative for climate justice
https://www.kairoscanada.org/for-the-love-of-creation-a-faith-based-initiative-for-climate-justice