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Caring for our common home is everyone’s business

Climate change has been in the news with the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change release of a special report on global warming targets in early October 2018.

For a catholic perspective on this issue, Pope Francis’ encyclical letter Laudato si’ (which means ‘Praise be to you’) is a good read to help understand our role in caring for our Common Home.

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Released in mid-2015, this important document calls on every person living on this planet to take individual and collective action important social and environmental issues, such as fossil fuel consumption, climate change and poverty.

Related links:
• Laudato Si’ – full document
• Australian Bishops Conference – Summary of Laudato Si’
• Catholic Earthcare

Catholic Earthcare is the ecological agency for the Catholic Church in Australia, which through its education and advocacy work promotes ‘the understanding that our environment is sacred and endangered and must be protected and sustained for present and future generations’.

Published: 17 October 2018

Author: Megan Barber – Communications & PR Coordinator

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Acknowledgement

St Agnes’ Catholic Parish Port Macquarie acknowledge the traditional owners of country throughout Australia, especially the NSW Mid North Coast and the Birpai Nation on whose traditional land our Port Macquarie office is located. We acknowledge their continuing connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to them and their cultures, and to the elders both past and present. We look forward to deepening collaborative relationships built on hope and respect and sharing in a positive future.

Acknowledgement

John Henry Institute acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia, especially the NSW Mid North Coast and the Birpai Nation on whose traditional land our Port Macquarie office is located. We acknowledge their continuing connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to them and their cultures, and to the elders both past and present. We look forward to deepening collaborative relationships built on hope and respect and sharing in a positive future.

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