Jan 24, 2022 | Care for Creation, Issues
The staff of the Franciscan Action Network has once again committed to join our partners at Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) to jump into the icy waters for the 2022 Virtual Polar Bear Plunge. CCAN has been recognized as “the best regional climate organization...
Nov 16, 2021 | Care for Creation, FAN, Issues
Recently in Rome, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development launched the much awaited enrollment phase of the Laudato Si’ Action Platform. This is a Vatican-led initiative in collaboration with several partners to empower the universal Church to...
Nov 9, 2021 | Care for Creation, FAN, Issues
Please join Franciscan Action Network on Tuesday, November 16 at 1:00pm ET (10am PT, 7pm Rome) for “Franciscan Climate Advocacy After COP26,” a faith-informed exchange on creation care advocacy. This is a special event for FAN institutional members and Franciscan...
Oct 25, 2021 | Care for Creation, FAN, Issues
As President Biden and world leaders prepare to travel to Glasgow, Scotland for the Conference of Parties (COP), two dozen clergy and faith leaders representing diverse faith traditions gathered outside the State Department last week to read from and hand deliver a...
Aug 26, 2021 | Care for Creation, Issues
On September 9, 2021 the Franciscan Action Network hosted a lecture in celebration of the Season of Creation: “Creation Care – What and Why?” We heard from William D. Dinges, Professor at the Catholic University of America who offered us 7 points describing the...
Jun 1, 2021 | Care for Creation, Issues
The NYC Franciscan Solidarity Table and Metro New York Catholic Climate Movement have joined with the Climate Crisis Policy Organization (CCP) to promote legislation addressing climate change. The proposed bills pertain to agricultural and land management practices,...
