Posts Tagged ‘global warming’

The Wisdom of the Cosmological Cross

Jul 13, 2010

In the Epistle to the Colossians St. Paul the Apostle develops a cosmological identity for Christ. In offering us these verses found in Chapter one of the Epistle Paul expands the theology of Christ’s Passion and Resurrection by placing it beyond human history: He himself is before all things, and in him all things ... Read more

In Passion for Justice | Tagged divine rebirth, Environemntal degradation, global warming, mystical death, New Cosmology, Passionist earth and spirit center, passsion of the earth, Pollution, Thomas Berry, Water Scarcity, Wisdom of the Cross

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Easter Message, 2009

Apr 14, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI has consistently written on the topic of Hope within the Christian/Catholic context. His recent encyclical “Spe Salvi” is devoted to this topic and here I will offer this one excerpt from the text which in my opinion summarizes his thesis. The Christian faith has shown us that truth, justice and love are ... Read more

In Passion for Justice | Tagged Africa, compassion, Easter, Fr. Don Senior, global warming, hope, justice, love, Paschal Mystery, Passionist, Pope Benedict XVI, Resurrection, Spe Salvi, suffering, truth, urbi et orbi

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Passionist and Climate Change

Mar 12, 2009

It was Thomas Berry who first spoke of “The Passion of the Earth”. Climate change is becoming the fiercest example of the suffering implied in that term. Berry noted that the spirituality of the “memoria passionis” first expanded its range by seeing the sufferings of the poor and disenfranchised as sharing in the archetypal sufferings of ... Read more

In Passion for Justice | Tagged Climate Change, Gaia, global warming, Globalization, Integrity of Creation, Passionist, Paul Gilding, Thomas Berry, Thomas Friedman

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Catholics meet Obama team, discuss policy | National Catholic Reporter

Dec 22, 2008

Platform for the Common Good This summer the North American Passionist JPIC Office took part in the Convention for the Common Good. At this event a number of Catholic communities and organizations joined to develop a political platform that would take a consistent approach with the Catholic social principle of the common good. Pope John ... Read more

In Passion for Justice | Tagged Africa, Catholic Social Teaching, Catholics, common good, environment, global warming, Iraq, Middle East, Obama, Option for the Poor, politics