Two new books—’Return to Fukushima’ and ‘Nuclear Is Not The Solution’—lay out the perils and ugly history of nuclear power.
Environment
Posted inDispatches
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.”
Posted inFaith in Focus
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.
Posted inThe Weekly Dispatch
Trump deserves a failing grade on ‘Laudato Si’’ report card
The Trump administration’s energy and environmental policies pose grave threats to the care-of-creation agenda outlined in Pope Francis’ seminal encyclical, “Laudato Si’.”
Posted inShort Take
Stopping the spread of A.I. data centers serves the common good
A.I. data centers have driven up greenhouse gas emissions and polluted communities across America. But in one town, residents fought back.
Posted inFeatures
The Catholic Committee of Appalachia’s half-century mission to heal a wounded land
For more than five decades, the group has listened to the people affected by forces of destruction and shared their stories in a series of pastoral letters.
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In the Brazilian Amazon, a Catholic Indigenous community endures amid land invasions and government neglect
The Indigenous community’s relationship with Catholic institutions has been central to Sateré-Mawé resistance to environmental exploitation and government neglect.
Posted inFaith and Reason
What A.I. has to do with poverty and human dignity
How can we in the church ensure that the voices of the most vulnerable remain at the center of discussions about artificial intelligence?
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In Monaco, Pope Leo to reflect on peace, faith and ecology in a land of vast wealth
The pope’s one-day trip will spotlight a Catholic state grappling with secularization and a quiet rise in new converts.
Posted inBooks
Review: Seeking a healthy planet and a healthy church
In Christina Rivera’s new collection, we wander through waves of connections, an ebb and flow carrying us between climate change, the sixth extinction, motherhood, all kinds of oceans and personal challenges—including the writer’s desire to leave the Catholic Church she was raised in.