“Creation is crying out in floods, droughts, storms and relentless heat,” Pope Leo said, as the U.N. Climate Conference, COP30, began its final week of meetings.
Environment
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Catholic organization stands up against Canadian mining industry’s global environmental harm
Canada’s Development and Peace-Caritas office seeks mandatory protections for global communities at risk from Canada’s mining industry.
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Pope Leo ice blessing sets off social media meltdown
Holy water is a pretty regular feature at Catholic churches, so why were some commentators on social media in an uproar over Pope Leo’s blessing of ice removed from a Greenland glacier?
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Zambia’s farmers face an uncertain future with climate change
In rural Zambia, subsistence farmers face complex questions with no easy answers and very little time. Drought fueled by climate change threatens smallholder farmers and the communities that depend on them for food.
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In ‘Dark Waters,’ the truth will set you free—but at a cost
The truth makes demands of us. In ”Dark Waters,” that discomfort is enough of a reason to turn a blind eye.
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Pope Leo’s prayer for September: Respecting and protecting God’s creation
Participating in the ecumenical Season of Creation, Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of September is “for our relationship with all of creation.”
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Catholics: Act like God’s (worker) bees
Maybe if Catholics were to think of ourselves and conduct ourselves as God’s workers and drones, as holy bees within God’s holy hive, the world would benefit.
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St. Francis’ ode to creation at 800
Celebrating St. Francis’ canticle today can trigger a rejuvenation of environmental awareness for the planet’s next 800 years.
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A small town in Honduras stands up to a mining ‘giant’—with Catholic support
“We are alive only through the grace of God. At one point, I got messages saying someone had offered 1 million lempiras [$38,000] to have me killed.”
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On ‘Laudato Si’ anniversary, Trump policies threaten progress on climate change
There are some signs of progress in addressing the questions raised in “Laudato Si’.” There are also intimations of backpedaling, particularly by the Trump administration, regarding the industrialized world’s malign effects on creation.