This article gives an overview of the Laudato Si’ Action Platform. It describes its goals and its proposed set of actions. various entities around the world are implementing them. The Laudato Si’ Action Platform, is an online platform through which the Vatican’s Dicastery Promoting Integral Human Development is promoting a 7-year action plan with clear […]Read More
March 26th 2021, the day when, together with my husband, I watched the Netflix film Seaspiracy. The makers of the film were “determined to document and uncover what is responsible for oceanic destruction and extinction”. I live on the island of Malta, and I eat fish regularly (I love fish!). As I watched the film, […]Read More
As part of the celebrations of the Season of Creation (1st Sept – 4th Oct) Fr Jimmy Bonnici gives an ecological conversion definition in this article. Through the encyclical ‘On Care for Our Common Home‘, he demonstrates how an eco-conversion implies a new way how we look at, interact and behave in front of creation. […]Read More
Why care for our common home? Musician Fr Rob Galea, a Maltese priest living in Australia, shares a few words about Pope Francis’ letter “On Care For Our Common Home” and its relevance in today’s scenario dominated by Covid-19. The heart of a Pope who loves the heart of a loving God “When I first […]Read More
These four Maltese professionals from different sectors of society share a common passion, they love the environment, and they have all read Pope Francis’ letter On Care Of Our Common Home. On the occasion of Laudato Si Week 2020, 16th-24th May, they tells us what inspires them from this encyclical and its relevance in today’s […]Read More
TOP POPES’ HUMAN ECOLOGY QUOTES 1. Human ecology effects environmental ecology “When human ecology is respected within society, environmental ecology also benefits.” Pope Benedict 16th, General Audience, 2009. 2. Human ecology is connected to both God and nature “We are losing our attitude of wonder, of contemplation, of listening to creation and thus we no longer manage to […]Read More
. Budding Maltese artist Isaac Warrington, addresses the human being, and other themes like spirituality, wellbeing and the environment, through his works of art, with an emphasis on Malta. A recent graduate in fine arts, Isaac Warrington guides us through one of his recent works entitled God Blocked (image above). God Blocked (mixed media, 42 […]Read More
The environment has had a special place in the Catholic Social Teaching of the Church since the 1970s. It is actually one of the main themes in the Catholic Social Doctrine. In the more recent years, Pope Francis, with frankness and freshness, invites all Christians to an environmental conversion, by improving our relationships with other […]Read More
Alfred E. Baldacchino, makes a point on the importance of indigenous and endemic plants and the concerns associated with introducing alien species in a country. This article refers particularly to the biodiversity of Malta. “In the 1970s the government of Malta introduced Acacias trees which are detrimental to some people suffering from asthma, allergies, sinusitis […]Read More
Below is an A-Z list suggesting ideas on how to help save the environment for green Catholics, or rather those people who wish to improve their ways of caring for the world around them in the vision of the social teachings of the Catholic Church. It is much more than being environmental friendly. It’s a way to become more connected […]Read More
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