Riding the green wave: Momentum for Laudato Si’ rises for next decade
Hikers walk past a field of wild narcissi flowers in the Eifel region close to the German-Belgian border, near Höfen, Germany, April 16, 2021. The message of Pope Francis encyclical, Laudato Si , on Care for Our Common Home, continues to be prophetic for a pandemic-hit and post-pandemic world, according to the Vatican office responsible for environmental concerns. (CNS photo/Wolfgang Rattay, Reuters)
By Carol Glatz • Catholic News Service • Posted May 14, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) When the special Laudato Si’ Anniversary Year closes May 24, it will celebrate progress made over the past five years, and it will launch a new wave of initiatives for the next decade in an ongoing response to Pope Francis’ call for the care of creation.
.Relatives of a person who died after contracting COVID-19 mourn over the casket before the burial at a graveyard in New Delhi April 29, 2021. (CNS photo/Adnan Abidi, Reuters) .People lower the body of a man who died of COVID-19 into a grave at a cemetery in Ahmedabad, India, May 3, 2021. (CNS photo/Amit Dave, Reuters) .A statue of Christ is pictured over the casket of a person who died after contracting COVID-19 before the burial at a graveyard in New Delhi April 29, 2021. (CNS photo/Adnan Abidi, Reuters)
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THRISSUR, India (CNS) Amid thousands dying daily of COVID-19, even in rural areas of India, the pandemic has taken a heavy toll on church leaders.
President Joe Biden applauds a man receiving the COVID-19 vaccine at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Va., April 6, 2021. (CNS photo/Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
Washington The Biden administration s May 5 announcement that it supports waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines as a means to expand the vaccine s production and distribution is a move the Vatican has been suggesting.
At a February Word Trade Organization meeting, a Vatican representative said this step would be a strong signal demonstrating real commitment and engagement and thus moving from declaration to action in favor of the entire human family.
Prior to the May announcement, the United States has not backed the proposal to waive the vaccines patent rights made by India and South Africa and supported by many congressional Democrats.
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President Joe Biden applauds a man receiving the COVID-19 vaccine at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Va., April 6, 2021. (Credit: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters via CNS.)
The Biden administration s May 5 announcement that it supports waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines as a means to expand the vaccine s production and distribution is a move the Vatican has been suggesting.
WASHINGTON, D.C. The Biden administration’s May 5 announcement that it supports waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines as a means to expand the vaccine’s production and distribution is a move the Vatican has been suggesting.