Sisters Leading the Climate Crisis Revolution

L'Osservatore Romano ^ | 4/21/23

[marshmallow]

Catholic sisters of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG) are busy gathering Sisters, momentum, ideas and commitments to protect and safeguard the planet in line with Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato Si’ and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The first of a series of Sister-led dialogues took place in Rome on Monday, 17 April, to challenge international organisations, governments, civil society, Vatican institutions and academia on three themes: integrating responses to climate change and biodiversity loss; integrating care for people and our planet; integrating vulnerability in leadership.

The encounters, organised by the UISG initiative Sisters Advocating Globally, are in partnership with the Global Solidarity Fund and will culminate in the first UISG Advocacy Forum, to be held in Rome in November 2023.

Sister Maamalifar Poreku, a Missionary Sister of Our Lady of Africa, the Co-Executive Secretary of the UISG’s Office for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation and Coordinator of the organization’s “Sowing Hope for the Planet” project, spoke about why she believes sisters are in a position to make the difference in a world scenario where climate change pledges are constantly disregarded and vulnerable people and countries are increasingly threatened and struck.

When challenged about what it is she thinks sisters can bring to the high-level conversation, she disarmingly made the connection between faith and the protection of creation pointing to how the religious have Pope Francis’ writings and example to inspire them and push them where only the brave dare to go…

Sr Maamalifar explained that the Sowing Hope for the Planet project is one of the results of Pope Francis’ Encyclical on the Care for Our Common Home as it spurred the sisters to reflect on how they could take up his challenge and gave them an opening to “do something about our environment so that everybody........

[Bob434]

[BenLurkin]

There is no climate crisis.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

There is no climate crisis.

But the religion persists nonetheless. Faith = Absolute belief without proof.

[Ken522]

... sometimes women can go all batty .... no offence intended ...

[frogjerk]

Never trust nuns that drop their habits.

[Nifster]

Why don’t they focus on the real calling?

[Nifster]

None taken. It’s true

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

Mothers kill their babies because they feel no hope....meanwhile these nuns help no one, ever.

[roving]

“For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.” (Rom. 1:22-23; 25)

[Ouch]

Catholic sisters who believe God accidentally put us on a planet that couldn’t sustain us, but they ’ll fix his mistake.

[rdcbn1]

You seem to have hit on the basic truth. If you look at the socio- political mega trends these days all of them are rooted in embracing the rejection or outright attacking of the Divine Creator in one way or another.

Some of these rejections like the celebration of SatanCon in Boston or Sam Smith at the Grammys are obvious and over the top. Some , like the fanaticism on abortion and the removal of Judaeo Christian civilization as the basis of our culture are aggressive but the motives are disguised by clever manipulation and some are so subtle you really have think hard to realize the implications

But without fail, we are seeing a full spectrum assault on virtually every Biblical principle or tenet, often in a way that fundamentally rejects or denies God.

[central_va]

Why did the priest leave the church? He couldn’t get nun.

[SunkenCiv]

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