Pope Leo XIV: Build bridges for ecological and social justice

ROME.- In his first video message as pope, addressed to the participants of the Congress of the Network of Universities for the Care of the Common House (RUC), which began this Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro, Leon XIV made an emphatic call in favor of an “ecological, social and environmental justice”, in view of the next United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP30), to be held in November in the Amazon city of Belém, Brazil.In this context, th…

Pope Leo XIV: Build bridges for ecological and social justice

Marking the 10th anniversary of Laudato si’, Pope Leo XIV sends a videomessage to the Network of Universities for the Care of Our Common Home, and encourages their synodal reflection ahead of COP30. Read all

Papa envia mensagem ao II Encontro Sinodal de Reitores de Universidades para o Cuidado da Casa Comum

Pope sends message to the Second Synodal Meeting of University Rectors for the Care of Our Common Home admin Thu, 05/22/2025 - 09:31 From 20 to 24 May, the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro is hosting the II Synodal Meeting of University Rectors for the Care of our Common Home, an initiative that marks the 10th anniversary of the encyclical Laudato si' and prepares the way for COP30, to be held in 2025 in Brazil.  The event brings…

Vatican City, May 20 (EFE).- Pope Leo XIV has sent a message in Spanish to a meeting of university rectors from America and the Iberian Peninsula in Rio de Janeiro and has called them to "work for ecological, social and environmental justice." "Dear brothers and sisters, I want to send this greeting, a great greeting, to the Network of Universities for the Care of the Common House", the pontiff begins in his message in Spanish, language that dom…

Francis is gone, long live Laudato si" "Ten years after the May 24, 2015 signing and publication of the first papal document dedicated mainly to the ecological crisis, several public figures reflected on how the energetic affected them" and the impact they believe it has had.

The Holy Father encouraged the participants of the university session organized in Rio de Janeiro for the care of our common home to build bridges of integration between the Americas and the Iberian Peninsula, working for ecological, social and environmental justice. He appealed for the cancellation of public and ecological debt. In his video message, the Pope recalled that the session was taking place at the Pontifical University. The article L…