Ecology ministry in parishes
While PCP II explicitly defines the setting up of an ecology desk in social action centers, there have been proposals to make it a “ministry”
Aug
2021
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LSG Response to the Cry of the Poor
Aug
2021
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No other time but now to act against climate crisis
In solving the crisis that we are in, we have to treat the climate crisis as a crisis. Individual contributions matter, but what we need most is an abrupt systemic change to mitigate this crisis.
Aug
2021
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Bishop Alminaza on Zara Alvarez’s 1st death anniversary: We ring the bells to prick the conscience of those who kill
We remember Zara and the hundreds and thousands, whose most basic and God-given right, the Right to Life, were violated.
Aug
2021
16
Catholic diocese rolls out petition against lifting of open-pit mining ban
The Diocese of Marbel urged the local government of South Cotabato to uphold its Provincial Environment Code that prohibits open-pit mining and stand firm in its duty to protect the people and the environment.
Aug
2021
16
On Ecological Economics
In addressing the pandemic and ecological crises, what matters most is not just how we can act together as members of the Church following our own plan but collaborate with others as part of a single human family.
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