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Asia Pacific Jesuit Conference Expresses Support for Pope Francis’s Encyclical

The Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific has published statement expressing "sincere and enthusiastic" support for Pope Francis's encyclical Laudato Si'. The statement signed by each of the Asia Pacific conference provincials and conference president Very Rev. Mark Raper, S.J. was approved their July assembly in Siem Reap, Cambodia in mid-July.
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Marquette University Social Justice Projects Receive Innovation Fund Awards

Marquette University president Michael R. Lovell recently announced the university’s first-ever strategic innovation fund awardees. Thirty-eight unique projects led by Marquette faculty, students and staff across a variety of disciplines will receive nearly $5 million.
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Inspired by Pope’s Encyclical, Catholic & Evangelical Leaders Urge Political Action on Climate Change

Just days after Pope Francis released a powerful encyclical on environmental justice and ecology that has reverberated around the world, Catholic and evangelical leaders are asking members of Congress and presidential candidates to recognize climate change is a moral issue that requires an urgent response.