The EPA has decided to roll back an Obama-era regulation to curb carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

Conditions in many parts of the world force women and girls to bear the burden of carrying out everyday chores for their families and communities, keeping many of them from getting even a basic education, the Vatican's U.N. nuncio said Oct. 6.

The Declaration of Rome appealed “to leaders of the world’s great religions to inform and mobilize members of every faith to join in a global movement to protect the world’s children.”

Long before Pope Francis articulated in “Laudato Si’” a comprehensive Catholic call to care for the physical environment, Agape members were focused on treading lightly on the earth and combining a contemplative lifestyle with frontline environmental and peace activism.

The pope was speaking on Oct. 5 at an assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life.

Looking back on the last five years at America and forward to changes to come

In his position, others might have begun to hate the world. Instead, Thomas Merton found he could not leave it alone.

Divestment from fossil fuels is one way to "look at how one applies the teachings" of "Laudato Si'."

Sainthood for Black Elk could help the inclusion of indigenous Americans within the Catholic Church, but it also raises questions about the church's role in erasing Lakota culture.

Looking back 55 years after the beginning of Vatican II, what have we learned and what have we forgotten?