Pope Francis: Indigenous ‘Ancestral Wisdom’ a Vital Tool in Fight Against Climate Change
The Pope cited two concrete examples of how Indigenous representation has been developed on the international stage.
The Pope cited two concrete examples of how Indigenous representation has been developed on the international stage.
Demonstrators with the group Last Generation poured ‘mud and Nesquik’ onto the front of the cathedral, according to The Associated Press.
Video showed the demonstrators reading from the Pope’s documents, at one point while surrounded by the archbishop and two other clergy.
Pope Francis, who turns 87 in two weeks, canceled his scheduled trip to the United Arab Emirates days before the climate summit at the request of his doctors after coming down with a flu infection.
More recent polling from the Pew Research Center, conducted in June, similarly suggests that two-thirds of U.S. adults overall say the country should prioritize developing renewable energy sources.
COMMENTARY: Catholics ought to pray for the Holy Father’s recovery from illness — and in thanksgiving that he is not going to Dubai.
The climate change summit will take place at the Expo City Dubai Nov. 30-Dec. 12.
During their meeting Oct. 11, Pope Francis and Al Jaber discussed the role that faith leaders and faith-based organizations can play in promoting the climate objectives of COP28.
Eight years after Pope Francis published his encyclical, Laudato Si, warning about the threats of climate change, the Holy Father has issued a new document on the environment, Laudate Deum. This week on Register Radio, we talk with Register contributor Father Raymond De Souza about Francis’ vision for ecology. And then, this week the Pope officially opened the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, better known as the Synod on Synodality, in the Vatican, and the participants went right to work. Catholics are asking: What will the next weeks bring? We are joined by Register Senior Editor Jonathan Liedl with the latest.
Viero and Goffi superglued their hands to the marble base holding Laocoön and His Sons, an ancient marble sculpture on display in the Vatican Museums, on the morning of Aug. 18, 2022.
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