Volunteers plant trees at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Silver Spring, Maryland as part of the Laudato Trees Program. Volunteers ...

In his Nov. 19, 2025 general audience, Pope Leo reflected on Christ's Resurrection and its impact on the challenges of ...

With global temperatures crashing through the 1.5C limit agreed at COP21 in Paris 10 years ago, and on the eve of another likely-to-disappoint COP in Belém, Brazil, I took a 45-minute train ride south ...

Pope Leo XIV appealed to all of humanity to unite, overcome differences, and work together to respond to climate change and ecological destruction He was speaking to climate activists and religious ...

Today, Pope Leo XIV will mark the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si' today. This could not be a more relevant time to reflect on the first encyclical in the history of the Roman Catholic Church to be ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- We all know how proud Chicago is of its restaurant industry. Now, people in Italy will get to to sample some of our city's beloved cuisine. This was actually an idea from Pope Francis ...

Pope Leo XIV pets a horse during the inauguration of the Borgo Laudato Si project in Castel Gandolfo Sept. 5, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) ROME – Pope Leo XIV inaugurated a new Vatican environmental ...

VATICAN CITY — Gazing at the lavish Italian-style gardens and intricate topiaries of the pope’s vast summer estate just outside of Rome, a local priest who immigrated to Waukegan from Mexico as a ...

Pope Leo XIV fed fish, petted horses and visited organic vineyards Friday as he inaugurated the Vatican’s ambitious project to turn Pope Francis’ preaching about caring for the environment into ...

Jeffy Mai is the Associate Editor for Eater’s Midwest region, and has been covering Chicago’s dining scene for over a decade. In one of the most unexpected partnerships in recent memory, two Chicago ...

Pope Leo XIV on Friday afternoon officially inaugurated the Laudato Si’ Village in Castel Gandolfo with a liturgical celebration highlighting the “vocation” of every person to care for creation.