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Godsplaining

Do Catholics Care About Eco-Justice?

Godsplaining

Dominican Friars Province of St. Joseph

Religion & Spirituality

51.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In this episode of Godsplaining, Fr. Gregory and Fr. Bonaventure explore eco-justice, Catholic social teaching, and the moral responsibility of caring for creation. Why care about the environment? What is eco-theology? How do we, as Catholics, engage in eco-justice without going overboard? Earth Day, indeed. For more on the Heaven Meets Earth podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heaven-meets-earth/id1806665471 Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage on September 27th, 2025https://rosarypilgrimage.org/ Subscribe to our channelhttps://www.youtube.com/c/Godsplaining Support the Podcast     Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplaining Shop our NEW merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/ Shop Books Written by the FriarsSt. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/ Connect on Social MediaFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplaining To learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.orgTo support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org

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0:00.0

This is Father Bonaventra Chapman.

0:06.8

And this is Father Gregory Pine.

0:08.1

And welcome to Godsplining.

0:09.3

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0:10.5

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0:14.5

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0:20.0

Is that what this is social media that's not

0:21.6

bad folks that was three that was the third time yeah that's pretty darn good but we're getting

0:26.1

there so dude that's awesome wherever you consume your social media we used you used to consume one time

0:30.7

i don't know i've three i'd cod myself in like subscribe and podcast loop and i had to try to find a synonym

0:37.0

no the thing is yeah because like the nouns are such, if you get one wrong, it's cascades. Yeah, you're in trouble. Ramifies is the word. Yeah. They are concatenated distinct nouns because there isn't a wide way of referring to a podcast by a substance. Not a worldwide way. Not a worldwide way for sure. You can call it a podcast or you can

0:54.5

call it a show, but even show is a stretch. If you start calling it like a radio program, people know that you're from Mars. Yeah. Yeah. I was just thinking when's last time you've had when someone gives a website and they go, oh, just look up WWW. That's like that is just on PBS, I think, but now they have no funding, so maybe they're going to have to shorten those.

1:12.7

That's great.

1:13.3

That is, yeah, meeting someone who's that. up www. That's like that is... Just on PBS, I think. But now they have no funding, so maybe they're going to have to shorten those.

1:12.6

That's great. That is, yeah, meeting someone who's that, and you go, oh, is that, is that H-T-TPS. Yes. I don't know if they know about the S's, though, because that's something that kind of came online only like 10 years ago. Yeah, that's secure. Oh, secure.

1:23.8

Yeah, because it just used to be HTTP.

1:25.7

That's true.

1:26.3

Yeah.

1:27.8

Collin slash slash www.

1:29.2

Snuggleafly.com.

1:30.7

The W. www. Snuggleafi.com. www. www. www. Yeah. Something. Yeah. Oh, man. Which brings us back to HomeStar Runner, as to all things. It does. Okay. So because this episode is on Ecojustice, I wanted to start, though, with one was the first time that you were conscious that the environment was the environment? Because I'd say 7th grade, maybe? Because it's different than, like, the world, right? Yeah. The environment is a particular concept that, like, stuff around you outside and trees falls under. And there's some points... Okay, so 7th grade was that was the first time. And what was the event? Was there an Earth Day celebration or something? I was environmental science with Mrs. Strykowski. Oh, he was a great teacher.

2:04.8

Okay. But, like, I think I had science stuff before that, but I remember my science modules being mostly like ocean deep. It was like a specific kind of scientific enterprise, and it was mostly learning about weird animals doing weird

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