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Father Ricardo Gonzalez, SVD, pastor at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in East LA, stands by his Laudato Si’ truck that helps him carry everything from plants, clothing, or furniture. (Kimmy Chacon)

At this East LA parish, the Catholic lessons of Laudato Si’

Kimmy Chacón|Jul 8, 2026|4 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV blesses a chunk of ice from a glacier in Greenland during the opening session of an international conference celebrating the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," at the Mariapolis Center in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Oct. 1, 2025. The ice block was fished out of the Nuup Kangerlua fjord in Greenland after becoming detached from the ice sheet. It was brought to the event by artist Olafur Eliasson with the help of geologist Minik Rosing. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

World must come together to fight climate change, Pope Leo says

Carol Glatz|Oct 1, 2025|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 released his landmark environmental encyclical "Laudato Si'" 10 years ago May 14, 2015. (OSV News photo/Eloisa Lopez, Reuters)

Faith

As 'Laudato Si'' turns 10, experts urge greater response to pope's urgent message on climate

Kimberley Heatherington|Apr 1, 2025|7 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

Pope Francis speaks with former U.S. President Bill Clinton in a video call during a meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, Sept. 18, 2023. (CNS screengrab/Courtesy Clinton Global Initiative)

Pope Francis says ‘no to war,’ urges climate action in chat with Bill Clinton

Tyler Arnold|Sep 19, 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

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

Pope Francis and global activists are pictured in a banner for the new YouTube Originals film on the pope's encyclical, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home." The film launched Oct. 4, feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the same day the Holy See acceded to the Paris Agreement. (CNS photo/YouTube Originals)

Vatican marks ecology saint's feast day with film premiere, climate accords

Carol Glatz|Oct 4, 2022|3 Min Read

Immaculate Conception Church installed more than 400 rooftop solar panels on several buildings of its campus in Hampton, Va., in 2019. The project was one of several the parish has undertaken in response to Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for our Common Home." (CNS photo/courtesy Immaculate Conception Church)

Bishops urge listening to the call of the earth during Season of Creation

Catholic News Service|Sep 1, 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

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