Care for Creation

The Season of Creation, a time of Christian prayer and commitment to safeguarding the earth, runs from Sept. 1 through the Oct. 4 feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron …

Glancing out my window on a dusky evening, I’m startled to see a huge bird perching on my neighbor’s garage, just a few yards away. What at first appears to …

(OSV News) — Catholics wondering what they personally can do to respond to climate change and heed Pope Francis’ call in “Laudato Si’” to protect the earth can now look …

The end of a longstanding ban on abortions in Wisconsin, a care for creation Mass being added to the Roman Missal, and the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill …

Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass “for the care of creation” after the Vatican announced that a new formulary of prayers and biblical readings for the Mass …

Pope Leo praised the Madagascar’s bishops’ journey to Rome as “a beautiful sign of unity.”

Mark the 10th anniversary of the late Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’,” U.S. bishops have urged young people to “lead the way” on the climate crisis.

Trump has signed more executive orders in his first 10 days than any recent president in their first 100 days — some may affect Catholics’ climate concerns.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — For Indigenous communities around the world, “land, water and food are not mere commodities, but the very basis of life and of these peoples’ bond with …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — For those to whom America’s escalating immigration crisis feels perhaps comfortably remote or abstract, Bishop Joseph J. Tyson of Yakima, Washington, knows the gritty realities of the …