Cardinal Turkson: Intervene in Nature with an Ethic of Care Rather Than a Mentality of Disrespect
The key to making mining an ethical industry, is to “intervene with an ethic of care rather than a mentality of disrespect, or even violence”, said Cardinal Turkson, Monday, in his key note speech, at the ‘Laudato Si’ Conference’, underway in Lusaka, Zambia. Cardinal Turkson, who is the President of the Pontifical…
Caring For Our Common Home In Zambia
The CYNESA Zambia team is getting ready to join in a nation-wide tree planting exercise that was launched by the Catholic Bishops of Zambia, on the 22nd of January, at the Cardinal Adam Memorial Hospital. Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) Assistant National Pastoral Coordinator Father Boniface Sakala, and Lusaka District Commissioner…
Message of Archbishop Robert C. Ndlovu on “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home”
On June 18, Pope Francis issued his eagerly awaited encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’; On Care for Our Common Home. In the Encyclical, Pope Francis calls on our moral responsibility to care for creation, protect human dignity and safeguard the environment. The Pope blames human activity and “unfettered greed”
Laudato Si: On the Care of Our Common Home
After weeks and months of prayerful anticipation, the Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa (CYNESA), is delighted to finally welcome Pope Francis’ Encyclical letter, ‘Laudato Si’ (Praised Be), On the Care of Our Common Home. We thank His Holiness Pope Francis for this gift, to the Church and
CYNESA's Mission is to offer the platform through which young Catholics across Africa, respond to the twin challenges of Environmental Degradation and Climate Change, from the perspective of Catholic social teaching on care for creation, paying attention to the most vulnerable.
