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Ecology

Pope Leo XIV gestures as he celebrates Mass at the Borgo Laudato Si' center in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Sept. 1, 2026, marking the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. (OSV News photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)

Theological commission calls ecological harm a direct ‘sin against the Creator’

Courtney Mares|Sep 3, 2026|5 Min Read

The COP27 sign is displayed along a road leading to the conference area in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh as the city prepares to host the COP27 summit Nov. 6-18. (CNS photo/Sayed Sheasha, Reuters)

World

As COP27 begins, religious leaders, civil groups have a wish list

Doreen Ajiambo|Nov 6, 2022|4 Min Read

People pose for a photo at the premier of the "The Letter: A Message For Our Earth," a film on Pope Francis' encyclical, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Oct. 4, 2022. Pictured from left are the film's writer and director, Nicolas Brown; U.S. coral reef scientist Greg Asner; Arouna Kandé, a climate refugee from Senegal; Ridhima Pandey, a 13-year-old climate activist from India; U.S. coral reef scientist Robin Martin; Chief Cacique Odair "Dadá" Borari from the Amazon rainforest in Brazil; and Lorna Gold, president of the board of the Laudato Si' Movement. (CNS photo/Laudato Si' Movement)

Open letter: Papal document on ecology hits screens to increase action

Carol Glatz|Oct 5, 2022|5 Min Read

Argie Aguirre, a member of the River Warriors, gathers trash from the polluted Pasig River in Manila, Philippines, June 22, 2021. Pope Francis intensified his calls for caring for creation ahead of "Earth Overshoot Day," the day when resource consumption goes into "debt" because the annual demand on nature exceeds what the earth can regenerate in that year. That day fell on July 28 this year. (CNS photo/Eloisa Lopez, Reuters)

World

Pope ups calls for care as global consumption keeps outpacing resources

Carol Glatz|Jul 28, 2022|3 Min Read

A member of the National Guard looks on as a batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, delivered under the COVAX scheme, is unloaded from a plane at Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City May 27, 2021. In a joint statement, the heads of the bishops of the European Union and the U.S. released a joint message that mentioned their support of the COVAX initiative. (CNS photo/Henny Romero, Reuters)

World

European, U.S. bishops ask governments work together for sustainable world

Carol Glatz|Jun 8, 2021|3 Min Read

Workers wearing protective masks are pictured in a file photo along the assembly line at Marelli factory in Ora Town, Japan. (CNS photo/Naomi Tajitsu, Reuters)

Economy must place people above 'idols of finance,' pope says

Junno Arocho Esteves|Sep 4, 2020|3 Min Read

Dead fish float on the Confuso River in Villa Hayes, Paraguay, in this 2017 file photo. Pope Francis announced in 2019 that the Catechism of the Catholic Church would be updated to include a definition of "ecological sin." (CNS photo/Jorge Adorno, Reuters)

Faith

Ecological sin: Idea of updating catechism sparks debate

Junno Arocho Esteves|Jan 2, 2020|4 Min Read

A bird flies through smog in New Delhi, India, Nov. 13, 2019. Pope Francis told participants at a Vatican City conference on criminal justice Nov. 15, that there are plans to include a definition of ecological and other "psycho-social phenomenon" hate sins in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. (CNS photo/Anushree Fadnavis, Reuters)

Catechism will be updated to include ecological sins, pope says

Junno Arocho Esteves|Nov 15, 2019|3 Min Read

People walk near the U.S. Capitol in Washington Oct. 1, 2019. An Oct. 8 symposium on "God, America and Nationalism" at the National Press Club examined the wide forms of nationalism, focusing in part on whether such views met the Christian understanding of the need to serve the common good. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Symposium explores how nationalism, with care, can serve the common good

Dennis Sadowski|Oct 9, 2019|4 Min Read

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