In 2015, someone gave me a copy of Laudato Si' and it changed my life. I was a junior at a public college, majoring in physics and religious studies, and I was the only Christian I knew who cared ...

(RNS) — Meeting near the Ugandan capital of Kampala, Catholic environmentalists in Africa marked the 10th anniversary this week (July 23-25) of the publication of Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’ encyclical ...

This text is a useful guide for an initial reading of the Encyclical. It will help you to grasp the overall development and identify the basic themes. The first two pages are an overview of Laudato si ...

Theologian Vince Miller said Pope Francis is making it clear the world has not responded with the urgency that climate change demands by announcing a second part to his 2015 encyclical on the ...

This year, we mark the 10th anniversary of one of Pope Francis’ most widely read works, “Laudato Si’, On Care for Our Common Home.” Some call the encyclical one of the most profound contributions to ...

The relationship between a Catholic and the pope can be a curious one. For many of us, the pope can seem a distant figure, a global symbol whose influence we acknowledge but whose humanity we rarely ...

SAO PAULO — The bishop sat quietly near the front row, hands folded, listening as Indigenous leaders and church workers spoke about the threats to Peru’s northern forests, a part of the Amazon rain ...

In his encyclical Laudato si’ Pope Francis offers a diagnosis of our current environmental crisis. The next Ethics Table event, titled “Laudato si’, The Common Good, and the Cuyahoga River,” will be ...

(RNS) — Those who hoped that Pope Leo XIV would back away from Pope Francis’ concerns about global warming and the environment were severely disappointed last week. Instead, Leo firmly embraced the ...

Pope Francis speaks during the meeting "Faith and Science: Towards COP26" at the Vatican October 4, 2021. - Alessandro Di Meo/Reuters When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected to lead the Catholic church ...