Environment Archives

Franciscan-led team spearheads fight against mines in Honduran province

Feb 16, 2020

In the remote rural swathe known as the Wild West of Honduras, said to be a bandits’ hideout where it is “easy to get in, tough to get out,” the Church finds itself once again at the forefront of a movement for justice.

By Catholic News Service

Ecological sin: Idea of updating catechism sparks debate

Jan 5, 2020

Pope Francis announced in 2019 that the Catechism of the Catholic Church would be updated to include a definition of “ecological sin.”

By Junno Arocho Esteves

Religious freedom, security, climate change top Religions for Peace agenda

Dec 21, 2019

Religions for Peace, a coalition representing millions of believers, convened over 250 global religious peace-builders in New York to set priorities for addressing challenges faced by communities the world over, ranging from peace and security issues to environmental degradation and climate change to “freedom of thought, conscience and religion.”

By Catholic News Service

Vatican calls Greta Thunberg ‘great witness’ of Church’s environmental teaching

Dec 12, 2019

On Thursday top Vatican officials hailed Swedish teen Greta Thunberg, recently named TIME Magazine’s “Person of the Year” for her environmental advocacy, as a “great witness” of Church teaching on care for creation and the human person.

By Elise Harris

At Madrid climate talks, Catholics work to provide ‘moral perspective’

Dec 5, 2019

Catholic campaigners at U.N. climate talks welcomed support from Pope Francis and vowed to bring a “firm moral perspective” to intergovernmental negotiations.

By Jonathan Luxmoore

Pope demands action for failing fight against climate change

Dec 4, 2019

Despite growing recognition of climate change as a legitimate and looming threat, current commitments to mitigate its effects and alter human behavior fall short of those needed to resolve the crisis in time, Pope Francis said.

By Paige Hanley