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Ave Maria professor: Earth Day needs Catholics’ full engagement and hopeful vision

(OSV News) — Catholic university professor Samuel Shephard suggests that Catholics can bring a unique viewpoint to Earth Day, celebrated April 22, because “as...

Kimberley HeatheringtonApril 22, 2024

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Passionist provinces turn to solar energy to power ministry and care for creation

(OSV News) — Two provinces of the Congregation of the Passion and a lay-run Catholic nonprofit have all taken the lead in switching to...

Robert Alan GloverJanuary 16, 2024

El cardenal Pietro Parolin, secretario de estado del Vaticano, aparece en esta captura de pantalla leyendo el discurso del Papa Francisco en la COP28, la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático, el 2 de diciembre de 2023, en Dubái, Emiratos Árabes Unidos. (Foto CNS /screen grab, YouTube, COP28 UAE Official)

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El Papa pide a los líderes del mundo que acaben con las divisiones para luchar contra el cambio climático

Por Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) — El futuro de la humanidad depende de lo que la gente elija ahora,...

Catholic News ServiceDecember 3, 2023

Antonio Mayoral, 76, walks past the place where his house once stood in El Bosque, Mexico, Nov. 7, 2022, amid rising sea levels that are destroying homes built on the shoreline and forcing villagers to relocate. Rising sea levels and other environmental disasters attributed to climate change are the focus of delegates to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP28, being held Nov. 30 to Dec. 12, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (OSV News photo/Gustavo Graf, Reuters)

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U.S. bishops: COP28 must heed ‘cry of the earth’ and ‘cry of the poor’

(OSV News) — Efforts to meet climate goals must heed both the “cry of the earth” and the “cry of the poor,” said two...

Gina ChristianNovember 30, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the White House initiative on climate change, at the White House in Washington, Nov. 14, 2023. Three U.S. Catholic bishops and the executive director of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious met with Biden Administration officials on Nov. 17, 2023, to discuss the church's priorities for what Pope Francis has called "our suffering planet." (OSV News photo/Tom Brenner, Reuters)

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Catholic leaders, White House officials talk climate change as COP28 nears

(OSV News) — A group of delegates, including three U.S. Catholic bishops and the head of a conference of women religious, met with Biden...

Kimberley HeatheringtonNovember 21, 2023

Christiana Zenner, an associate professor of theology, science, and ethics in the department of theology at Fordham University in the Bronx section of New York City, Jose Aguto, executive director of Catholic Climate Covenant, speak on a panel at Georgetown University in Washington Oct. 12, 2023. The title of the discussion was "Caring for the Environment and Each Other: Pope Francis' Follow-up to Laudato Si,'" and was sponsored by the university's Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. (OSV News photo/Rafael Suanes, courtesy Georgetown University)

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Panel: Pope’s message in new document on climate isn’t partisan, but is matter of faith

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation “Laudate Deum,” released Oct. 4, was described as the sound of a broken heart, disappointed by...

Kurt JensenOctober 23, 2023

Pope Francis greets the crowd Feb. 5, 2023, as he arrives to celebrate Mass at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Pope’s message on climate crisis in ‘Laudate Deum’ reverberates in Africa

NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) — When Pope Francis released his apostolic exhortation “Laudate Deum” (“Praise God”) was released Oct. 4, its message echoed loudly...

Fredrick NzwiliOctober 19, 2023

South America

Church environmentalists are worried about oil drilling at mouth of Amazon River

SÃO PAULO (OSV News) — Church activists in the Amazon are worried about the Brazilian government’s plan to exploit oil in a marine area...

Eduardo Campos LimaSeptember 1, 2023

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Transforming hearts, lifestyles, public policies will bring about ‘ecological conversion,’ bishops say

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — For the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation Sept. 1 and the Season of Creation that follows,...

OSV NewsSeptember 1, 2023

National

Catholics in states affected by ever-shrinking Colorado River draw on ‘Laudato Si” to help avert water crisis

(OSV News) — When renowned science fiction author Robert Heinlein wrote in his apocalyptic 1952 short story “The Year of the Jackpot” that “the...

Kimberley HeatheringtonJune 16, 2023

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Ave Maria professor: Earth Day needs Catholics’ full engagement and hopeful vision

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Passionist provinces turn to solar energy to power ministry and care for creation

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El Papa pide a los líderes del mundo que acaben con las divisiones para luchar contra el cambio climático

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U.S. bishops: COP28 must heed ‘cry of the earth’ and ‘cry of the poor’

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Catholic leaders, White House officials talk climate change as COP28 nears

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Panel: Pope’s message in new document on climate isn’t partisan, but is matter of faith

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Pope’s message on climate crisis in ‘Laudate Deum’ reverberates in Africa

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Church environmentalists are worried about oil drilling at mouth of Amazon River

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Transforming hearts, lifestyles, public policies will bring about ‘ecological conversion,’ bishops say

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Catholics in states affected by ever-shrinking Colorado River draw on ‘Laudato Si” to help avert water crisis

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