Pope Francis asked everyone to join a new global grassroots movement to create a more inclusive, fraternal, peaceful and sustainable world.
Laudato Si’
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Pope Francis and John Kerry meet to discuss climate change
As the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, John Kerry met privately with Pope Francis on May 15 to discuss climate initiatives and other issues.
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Pope Francis on Earth Day: People must care for creation or face self-destruction
Humanity either must live up to its responsibility or continue on a path of self-destruction, Pope Francis said, commemorating Earth Day with a video message.
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Finished Laudato Si’? Now watch, read and listen to this.
Here are our recommendations for literature, music, podcasts and art to further deepen your own loving relationship with God’s magnificent, interconnected creation.
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Microplastics are toxic to fetal development—a reminder that the environment is a pro-life issue, too.
Tiny pieces of plastic waste, already found at the top of Mount Everest and the bottom of the ocean, may now have a toehold in the human womb, writes Kathleen Bonnette.
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Pope Francis says Earth can’t be ‘squeezed like an orange’
The predominant global economic system is “unsustainable,” particularly in its impact on the environment, Pope Francis said.
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Voting Catholic: Is environmental justice on the ballot?
A highly politicized issue that is central to the teaching of Pope Francis. The science and the moral framework are clear. Will American Catholics respond at the voting booth?
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Pope Francis wants Catholics to dare to dream of a better way of doing politics
With the much-anticipated release of Pope Francis’s new encyclical “Fratelli Tutti” on Oct. 4, Catholic Christians would do well to revisit his critique of false realism and false nostalgia, and his call for the church to foster a political attitude of faithful and daring dreaming.
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Interview: Assisi archbishop on the pope’s new encyclical and devotion to St. Francis
Domenico Sorrentino speaks to America about Pope Francis’ deep devotion to St. Francis of Assisi. The pope will sign his new encyclical, “Fratelli Tutti,” in Assisi on Saturday, Oct. 3.
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After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.
Over the past two years, 31 people from the municipality of Tocoa, on the lush north shore of Honduras, have faced criminal prosecution as a result of their opposition to an iron ore mining project in the Botaderos Mount “Carlos Escaleras” National Park.