Notes from Brazil Part 4: A lament for the Yanomami
In this fourth and last of a series of specially produced stories on the struggles of Indigenous peoples in Brazil, we delve further into why the Yanomami peoples’ way of life is threatened.
In this fourth and last of a series of specially produced stories on the struggles of Indigenous peoples in Brazil, we delve further into why the Yanomami peoples’ way of life is threatened.
Bill C-226 creates new Canadian law that promises the creation of a strategy and mechanisms to address environmental racism is in keeping with Catholic Social Teaching and could strengthen our advocacy for environmental justice in and beyond Canada.
The Peruvian Congress approved changes to the Forestry and Wildlife Law which has been dubbed the “Deforestry Law” by our civil society and church partners.
A priest from South America exhorts those debating the Earth’s future at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai to heed the exhortation of Pope Francis, who will be in their midst.
The papal exhortation argues for the untenability of climate change denialism; the need to reconfigure multilateralism; and the ethical imperative of remaining hopeful and engaged.
Here is a list, because people like lists. It is not a list on how to keep up your eco-friendly habits when the COVID-19 pandemic
Five years ago, Pope Francis shared with the world his encyclical Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home. In it, he calls on all
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