Climate change Archives

UK bishops call on G7 leaders to create ‘sustainable future’ for planet

Jun 10, 2021

Bishops in the UK are calling on G7 leaders to “build back a fairer, greener, global economy” in the post-COVID world.

Most Guatemalans don’t want to immigrate but feel pushed, study finds

Jun 7, 2021

The majority of Guatemalans would rather stay in their home country than migrate, but the difficult conditions of the country and a lack of opportunities compel them to leave, according to a new study.

By John Lavenburg

Pope: Greater awareness, action needed to protect people on island nations

May 23, 2021

Greater awareness and better responses are needed when it comes to the many challenges facing people living on island nations, Pope Francis said.

By Carol Glatz

Petition launched to show Catholic support for healthy planet, people

May 18, 2021

With global leaders meeting in the fall for two critical U.N. conferences — one on climate change and the other on biodiversity — the Global Catholic Climate Movement is sponsoring an online petition calling on them to take action and support a healthy planet and healthy people.

By Carol Glatz

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry meets Pope Francis

May 15, 2021

John Kerry, U.S. President Joe Biden’s special envoy for climate, met privately with Pope Francis May 15, the day after giving a keynote address at a closed-door meeting of the Pontifical Academy for Sciences and the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences.

By Cindy Wooden

U.S. climate envoy speaks at Vatican conference, will meet pope

May 14, 2021

John Kerry, U.S. President Joe Biden’s special envoy for climate, gave a keynote address at a closed-door meeting of the Pontifical Academy for Sciences and the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences at the Vatican May 14.

By Cindy Wooden

Rome’s Colosseum goes green amid papal push for eco-action

May 4, 2021

In a move that’s in-step with Pope Francis’s environmental advocacy, Rome’s Colosseum will get a new floor that is both functional and environmentally conscious.

By Elise Ann Allen

Church leaders from U.S., Amazon ask governments to protect rainforest

Apr 17, 2021

Less than a week before the U.S.-sponsored Leaders Summit on Climate, environmental and religious leaders said they are worried about talks on how to preserve the region and are asking government officials from the U.S. and the Amazon to look at kindly at the rainforest and its peoples.

By Lise Alves