Are We Running Out of Water?

Are We Running Out of Water?

The theme for this year’s Earth Day, 22nd April 2023, was ‘Invest in our Planet.’ Real investment will not happen if we are unclear about what the current environmental problems are, warns Columban missionary Fr Sean McDonagh. In August 2021, the 6th Assessment...
Protecting Species: COP15 in Canada

Protecting Species: COP15 in Canada

Fr Sean McDonagh explains the importance of the Conference on Biological Diversity (COP15) taking place in Canada and warns that Ireland is not immune to biodiversity losses. In 1992, the United Nations hosted a large gathering of people and Heads of State in Rio de...
Will COP27 confront the current  global climate crisis?

Will COP27 confront the current global climate crisis?

COP27 takes place in Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt in November 2022. Will it confront the current global climate crisis asks Columban missionary Fr Sean McDonagh. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) began its work in 1988. Its object was to provide the...
Laudato Si Week 2022

Laudato Si Week 2022

The seventh anniversary of Pope Francis’ Encyclical letter ‘Laudato Si: On Care for our Common Home’ takes place on 24th May. Laudato Si Week is celebrated annually in appreciation of the 2015 Encyclical in which the Pope says, “The entire material universe speaks of...