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Catholic agencies say Inflation Reduction Act addresses long-standing goals

Landmark legislation to address climate change, reduce prescription drug costs and establish a minimum tax on large corporations once thought dead but was suddenly passed by the Senate is being hailed by Catholic advocates.

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‘Laudato Si’’ inspires Catholic inroads in caring for creation

Many Catholics will identify with some aspect of Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for our Common Home,” and the more they learn about environmental issues, the better chance they’ll get involved in sustainability efforts, said panelists at a March 29 forum on the subject at Annunciation in Minneapolis, organized by the Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota.

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Climate activist says ‘moral and political will’ needed to address climate change

Jose Aguto, executive director of Catholic Climate Covenant, said scientific consensus and politicians from both sides of the aisle acknowledge that human activity is the principal cause of climate change. The question is not whether people’s energy use is a major source of climate change, he said, but rather, “what do we do to address it?”

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‘Laudato Si’ inspires young adults to faith-based action on climate change

It was after reading Pope Francis’ encyclical, “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home,” that Emily Burke began wondering what she, as a student at Jesuit-run Creighton University, could do to help protect the environment.

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Environmental leaders: U.N. climate change report can spur prayerful action

The latest climate assessment report from the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, was released Aug. […]

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Poll finds majority of Catholics hold some concern about climate change

A large majority of Catholic voters believe climate change is a serious or somewhat serious concern and that governments at all levels as well as corporations and individuals must take stronger action to address it, according to results of a new poll released Oct. 22.

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Cardinal calls for sense of urgency as Laudato Si’ turns five

When a baby cries, parents leave everything and try to stop their baby from crying: Where is that same urgency when it comes to the cries of the earth and the poor? That was the challenge posed by Cardinal Peter Turkson to an online conference on Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’s 2015 ecological encyclical.

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Laudato Si’ at five: Dioceses embrace pope’s call for care of the earth

Participants in diocesan environmental ministries credit Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical, “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home,” for raising awareness and motivating Catholics and others to act in countless ways to protect creation.

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