by Molly T. Marshall | Jul 1, 2015 | Opinion
The recent papal encyclical, subtitled “On Care for our Common Home,” invites the global church and other interested persons of good will to consider what is at stake in the deterioration of the environment, especially the human roots of the ecological...
by William Brackney | Jun 30, 2015 | Opinion
I live barely three miles from the sea. In plain view of our home are the highest tides in the world, often cresting at 55 feet. In recent years, we have watched the raising of dyke embankments, first constructed by the Acadians, by seven to 10 feet to arrest the...
by Timothy Gilbert | Jun 29, 2015 | Opinion
One question seems to be at the heart of Pope Francis’s encyclical: “What kind of world do we want to leave to those whom come after us, to children who are now growing up?” (section 160). The encyclical does not have to do with the environment alone...
by Robert Creech | Jun 26, 2015 | Opinion
Pope Francis called for all people, and especially believers, to “take charge of this home which has been entrusted to us” (section 244) in his recently released encyclical on creation care. Francis’ vision is a call to practical action, personal...
by Stephen Holmes | Jun 25, 2015 | Opinion
Some forms of moral reasoning in “Laudato Si” are unsurprising. A sketch of the efficiency of recycling in the food chain is deployed as a natural law argument against wasteful human living in section 22; the climate (section 23) and creation (section...