Saint Francis of Assisi Ministry

climate justice

  • We did it!

    Just after putting last week’s blog post to bed, I pulled up the New York Times on my phone to read that West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin “in a Reversal, Agrees to Climate and Tax Package“. Like many, I had… Continue reading

  • Sign the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty

    Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, has expressed support for the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty and announced last week that all new exploration and production of oil must be phased out to prevent… Continue reading

  • What I learned at high school

    A couple of weeks ago, I spoke to Nathan Hale High School students as part of their Climate Day of Action. Hopefully, the students learned a few things from my talk, The Climate Crisis and the Four Levels of Action… Continue reading

  • No guilt, no action

    I think it’s an understatement to say that modern society is constantly telling us to stop feeling guilty. It’s not your fault. Turn off the outside world. Take care of yourself.  But perhaps this advice is not always right. A… Continue reading

  • Resolve to Talk and Advocate for Change

    January is the month of New Year’s resolutions. For week four of my resolution series, our last, I want to focus on talking about and advocating for change. As I have mentioned before in this column, climate activist Will Grant… Continue reading

  • Five reasons why Catholics should care about COP26

    At the end of this month, the 26th iteration of the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties or COP26 will commence in Glasgow, Scotland. The conference, which lasts two weeks, starts on October 31 and ends on November 12.… Continue reading

  • Greta Thunberg

    It’s difficult to point to a single global leader on the climate. Al Gore, former vice president of the US was one of the early climate leaders and continues to lead on the climate. Catholics (and quite a few non-Catholics,… Continue reading

  • Climate Justice

    Undoubtedly, you have heard of climate change, but perhaps are not sure about this term climate justice. What does it mean and why is it relevant?  Simply put, the effects of pollution and climate change do not affect all citizens… Continue reading

  • Our Moral Imperative

    Pope Francis begins his TED Coundown talk with: The world is shaken by the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which highlights another global challenge: the socio-environmental crisis. And this requires us, all of us, to face a choice. The… Continue reading

  • Working for Environmental Justice

    In the first chapter of Laudato Si, Pope Francis addresses global inequality: The human environment and the natural environment deteriorate together; we cannot adequately combat environmental degradation unless we attend to causes related to human and social degradation. In fact,… Continue reading