The first Pope Leo XIV Sustainability Medal, created by the pope’s alma mater, Villanova University, will be awarded to Cardinal Michael Czerny, the former prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
Environment
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In Uruguay, ‘EcoFranciscans’ and other church groups are fighting for environmental justice
Catholic groups lobby governments, corporations and civil society to bring about changes in everything from agriculture to water use.
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The three great loves of Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry fleshed out a picture of America in which people put down roots, commit themselves to each other and love the ground they stand on.
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Vatican theological commission defines ‘sin against creation and the Creator’ in new document
The more than 29,000 word text calls for ecological conversion due to “sin against creation and the Creator.”
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Spokane bishop calls for prayers, outreach as wildfires ravage area
A Washington state bishop is calling for prayer as wildfires have torched entire neighborhoods, leading to thousands of evacuations and hundreds of destroyed buildings.
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The smoke from Canada shows the dangers of short-term economic thinking
The smoke from Canada makes the idea of a common home strikingly literal.
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Canada’s First Nations communities grapple with historic Ontario wildfires
Smoky air from Canada forest fires triggered air-quality alerts across the U.S.—but for some First Nations people the fires represented an existential catastrophe.
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Review: Going nuclear—or not
Two new books—’Return to Fukushima’ and ‘Nuclear Is Not The Solution’—lay out the perils and ugly history of nuclear power.
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In Honduras, justice for Juan López and the community he fought to protect remains uncertain
Honduran prosecutors faced a major responsibility “to identify the intermediaries and masterminds behind a larger network of corruption and organized crime that involves the mining and political sectors.”
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The Artemis II astronauts remind us: We are all God’s crew on Earth
By the grace of God, we belong to this Earth, and the Earth’s care belongs to us.