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The Trappists monks at Mepkin Abbey planned the new Meditation Garden of Truth and Reconciliation after discovering unmarked graves believed to belong to enslaved African Americans. bit.ly/4kz2diF

This month, Pope Francis' landmark encyclical on ecology, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," turned 10. To mark the occasion, EarthBeat and NCR are revisiting our coverage from the past decade with a series of "Laudato Si' 10 for 10" lists. bit.ly/3SUcHx9

Laudato Si' could be as transformative as Rerum Novarum, which opened the fruitful chapter of Catholic social teaching. Let us walk with Pope Leo XIV in writing this next chapter, already off to a promising start. bit.ly/3Fphm7i

A 2021 study found that in more than 12,000 columns by U.S. bishops between 2014 and 2019, only 93 mentioned climate change, global warming or their equivalent. Today, we're featuring 10 bishops who have spoken up. bit.ly/43tsqJW

With all that happened in the Catholic Church last month, we can be forgiven for missing the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si', Pope Francis’ encyclical on global warming. bit.ly/444mZBe

More than 17,000 acres around the Klamath River in Northern California, including the lower Blue Creek watershed, have returned to the Yurok Tribe, completing the largest landback deal in California history. bit.ly/3ZRrDzV

A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists arrived at an Israeli port Monday after Israeli forces detained them — enforcing a longstanding blockade of the Palestinian territory that has been tightened during the Israel-Hamas war. bit.ly/45OBWbS

The moral responsibility to protect the high seas is a message that faith leaders are delivering this week in Nice, France, at the third United Nations Ocean Conference (June 9-13). bit.ly/3HA4BHP

Here are the 10 most recent NCR editorials focused on the climate, environment and Catholic teaching on care for creation. bit.ly/4dYpmZD

People's climate anxiety can feel worse when it seems like nobody cares. 80-89% of the global population wants more climate action from governments. What happens when people realize they're part of the majority? #The89Percent #CCNow Covering Climate Now 🦋 @coveringclimate.org bit.ly/4nhAHZ8

Continued engagement with the Vatican-sponsored Laudato Si' Action Platform suggests persistence of Catholic ecological efforts after Pope Francis' death and into the second decade since Laudato Si' was published. bit.ly/3IbbBuK

"In terms of climate, it's terrible," declared Kayla Jacobs, program manager of Youth Mobilization for the Catholic Climate Covenant, a network of 20 partner organizations established in 2006 with assistance from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. bit.ly/4kalGFK

Cardinal Brislin said amid the threats of climate change that experts say is being fast-tracked by global warming brought about by carbon emissions, there is renewed hope for environmental and climate change awareness among young people in South Africa. bit.ly/4479e4U

The 34-page letter sounding the alarm on climate change is the first-ever joint appeal issued by the continental conferences of Catholic bishops in Latin America, Africa and Asia, representing 821 million Catholics. bit.ly/44KOj7W

When my daughter told me recycling was a "white mom thing," I knew I was missing the mark on teaching her about why God calls us to care for creation. Here are 5 things I'm now doing differently. bit.ly/4kqRS82

Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass "for the care of creation" after the Vatican announced that a new formulary of prayers and biblical readings for the Mass will be added to the Roman Missal. bit.ly/4lgJCsw

Water rose fast along the Guadalupe River, causing 68 deaths as of Sunday afternoon. Local officials said they couldn’t have seen it coming. bit.ly/4kqm2Ii

Catholic parishes, schools and houses of worship across the country pursuing wind and solar projects were dealt a major financial blow in President Donald Trump's domestic-policy and tax-cut bill signed into law on July 4. bit.ly/44HI6Zl

"We must pray for the conversion of many people, inside and outside of the church, who still do not recognize the urgency of caring for our common home," Pope Leo XIV said while celebrating a new formulary of the Mass "for the care of creation." bit.ly/4lKykwr

I wonder whether the framing of the liturgy itself in instrumentalizing terms may unintentionally reinscribe problematic views of the relationship between the human and more-than-human world. bit.ly/4loI4wy