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Pope Francis greets members of an indigenous community of the Amazon during a celebration and tree planting marking the feast of St. Francis in the Vatican Gardens Oct. 4, 2019. (CNS/Yara Nardi, Reuters)

Why 'integral ecology' may be Pope Francis’ greatest legacy

David Cloutier|May 6, 2025|6 Min Read

Sharon Lavigne, an environmental justice activist and founder of Rise St. James, stands in front of a chemical plant near her home in St. James Civil Parish, La., March 13, 2022. (OSV News/CNS file photo, Barbara Johnston, courtesy University of Notre Dame)

Faith

'An issue of our faith': Catholic panel discusses pope's environmental document

Kurt Jensen|Oct 13, 2023|4 Min Read

Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with the rectors of public and private universities from Latin America and the Caribbean at the Vatican Sept. 21, 2023. Responding to questions, the pope said his new document on the environment would be called "Laudate Deum" (Praise God). (CNS/Vatican Media)

Pope Francis' next environmental document will be called 'Laudate Deum'

Hannah Brockhaus|Sep 27, 2023|2 Min Read

A screenshot from an Apple commercial featuring "Mother Nature." (Apple)

Meet the new goddess, same as the old goddess

Bishop Robert Barron|Sep 25, 2023|4 Min Read

Laudato Si'

Pope confirms 'second Laudato Si'' will be an apostolic exhortation

Justin McLellan|Aug 30, 2023|3 Min Read

Laudato Si

Pope Francis writing a second environmental document after Laudato Si’

Hannah Brockhaus|Aug 21, 2023|2 Min Read

An elevated view shows the dramatic decline of water levels at Lake Mead near Boulder City, Nev., The nation's largest reservoir has reached its lowest water levels on record since it was created by damming the Colorado River in the 1930s, as growing demand for water and climate change shrink the Colorado River and endanger a water source millions of Americans depend on. (OSV News/Bing Guan, Reuters)

Catholics are sounding the alarm on dwindling Colorado River

OSV News|Jun 20, 2023|6 Min Read

The Church of St. Therese in Chesapeake, Va., seen April 21, 2020, is one four churches in the Diocese of Richmond that had solar panels installed in 2020. (CNS photo/Vy Barto, Catholic Virginian)

Inflation Reduction Act clause makes it easier for churches to go green

Mark Pattison|Nov 14, 2022|4 Min Read

In this 2019 file photo, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden walks past solar panels while touring the Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative in Plymouth, N.H. (CNS photo/Brian Snyder, Reuters)

Archbishop welcomes Senate bill's provisions on environment, drug prices

Julie Asher|Aug 10, 2022|3 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

Smoke rises as residents walk near homes destroyed by lava deposited by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in Goma, Congo, June 6, 2021. The Congolese bishops have sharpened their focus on protecting the Congo Basin. (CNS photo/Djaffar Al Katanty, Reuters)

World

Congolese bishops sharpen focus on protecting Congo Basin

Fredrick Nzwili|Jun 29, 2021|3 Min Read

An indigenous woman is pictured in a file photo wading through floodwaters on a farm after heavy rains near La Paz, Bolivia. (CNS photo/Gaston Brito, Reuters)

Environmental situation is a call to act 'with urgency,' pope says

Junno Arocho Esteves|Jun 4, 2021|2 Min Read

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