Holy Ground, Common Ground

ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS
On Care for Our Common Home

Our Popes on Caring for Creation

+ Pope Francis's 2015 Encyclical:  Laudato Si' -- On Care for the Common Home

+ Pope Benedict XVI's 2010 World Day of Peace message:  If  You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation

+  Pope John Paul II's 1990 World Day of Peace message: Peace with God the Creator, Peace with All of Creation


For links to more Vatican Messages, see the Catholic Climate Covenant's page:

Statements and quotes from Pope Francis

Statements and quotes from Pope Benedict XVI & Saint Pope John Paul II


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Welcome to Holy Ground, Common Ground!

This is an evolving site for Catholics, Catholic parishes, and other interested faith communities of the Diocese of Tucson region in Arizona. Its purpose is to provide information and resources about caring for God’s creation in the context of the Catholic faith in particular, but will also speak to other faith traditions formed by a common call to be stewards of the Earth, respect life in all its forms, and care for the “least of these.”

This blog welcomes input from Catholics and parishes throughout the Diocese of Tucson. For more information, see:

Why this Site was Initiated

About Us

Faith-Based Resources

  • USCCB Environment / Environmental Justice Program
  • U.S. Bishops
  • Popes & Vatican
  • The Catholic Climate Covenant
  • The Global Catholic Climate Movement
  • More Climate Change & Care for Creation links
  • A Reader's Guide to Laudato Si'

Learn more about our global and local environment

  • Calculate Your Carbon Footprint
  • Brother Sun
  • Sister Water
  • Brother Wind
  • Mother Earth
  • Sustainable Tucson
  • Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan
  • Climate Research Sites - UA Institute of the Environment

Video Meditations

  • Seeing the Hand of God in All Creation
  • Ver La Mano de Dios en Toda Creación: Una Meditacion
  • Respecting Creation for Future Generations

Laudato Si' Encyclical Videos

  • Top 10 Things You Need to Know about 'Laudato Si''
  • Vatican's Eco-Encyclical Video
  • U.S. Bishops Welcome Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’
  • The Theologians Respond: Laudato Si' (America Magazine Media)
  • Ignatius Press discussion of Laudato Si'

Other Videos and Films of Interest

  • Catholicism and the challenge of ecology (Catholic News Service)
  • Who's Under Your Carbon Footprint?
  • The Columbia River Watershed: Caring for Creation and the Common Good
  • “HOME” by Yann Arthus-Bertrand (A film about our story, the Earth's story)

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