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Pope Francis and Indonesian Grand Imam call for inter-religious action to fight ‘climate change’The Istiqlal Declaration calls on religious leaders to respond to the 'crises' of 'dehumanization and climate change' while also urging continued religious cooperation. Indonesia is characterized by a heavily Muslim population alongside a minority of Catholics.Imam Umar greets Pope Francis, Sept 5, 2024Vatican MediaSigning a joint declaration with Indonesia’s Muslim Grand Imam, Pope Francis urged inter-religious “unity and harmony,” while warning about “dehumanization and climate change.”Beginning his last full day in Indonesia as part of his Asian voyage, Pope Francis joined Grand Imam Nasaruddin Umar for what...

Pope Francis may attend COP 28 in DubaiThe Pope has reportedly expressed his desire to attend the United Nations climate conference, but the trip has yet to be confirmed.Pope Francis could take part in the international climate conference to be held in Dubai from November 30 to December 12, Reuters reported on October 19, 2023. There he will voice his call to halt the climate catastrophe, a call he recently renewed in the apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum, published at the beginning of October. No final decision yetFrancis wants to go to Dubai, the Pope’s secretary of state Cardinal Pietro Parolin...

[Catholic Caucus] Laudate Deum and the Eclipse of the ChurchWhat to make of a document like Pope Francis's latest apostolic exhortation, Laudate Deum? Like other Francis encyclicals, it is hardly recognizable as a Catholic document. The central portion of the letter addresses the "progress and failures" of various "climate conferences" held in the last decades. It features an entire section vaguely prognosticating on a upcoming conference in Dubai. As this description suggests, Laudate Deum is single-mindedly materialistic and lacking in any supernatural focus. Its political arguments are naive, abstract, and self-contradictory. It endorses a global coalition of "activists" who will...

Pope Francis launches ‘ecological conversion’ training center at papal summer residenceThe new center will operate out of Castel Gandolfo and will provide a training ground to promote the ‘convictions, new attitudes and lifestyles’ necessary for ‘ecological conversion.’VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis has launched an education center in the traditional Papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo to promote the “ecological conversion” which he called for in Laudato Si. Pope Francis’ new initiative was announced in a press release from the governorate of the Vatican City State on February 2, which hailed the launch of the “Borgo Laudato Si” project. In...