On issue after issue, the U.S. government has contradicted recent Catholic teaching—and not subtly, but by flaunting its acts of opposition.
Climate Change
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We are all in danger if we ignore the climate crisis
The moral catastrophe of the Trump administration’s reversal on climate policy is even more significant than its strategic and economic shortsightedness.
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Pope Leo in COP30 message: ‘Creation is crying out’
“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.
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At COP30 in the Amazon, Catholic leaders urge global cooperation on climate change
As COP30 begins in Brazil, Catholic Church leaders urge nations to respect Indigenous communities and act unselfishly together to address climate change and protect creation.
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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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Vatican strikes solar farm deal to become the world’s first carbon-neutral state
Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) field north of Rome, once the source of controversy between the two, into a vast solar farm.
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Pope Leo prays for conversion of those resisting climate action at new Mass
“We must pray for the conversion of many people, inside and outside of the church, who still do not recognize the urgency of caring for our common home,” Pope Leo XIV said while celebrating a new formulary of the Mass “for the care of creation.”
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Pope Leo will celebrate new Mass ‘for care of creation’ added to church missal
Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass “for the care of creation.”
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Catholic bishops from Global South demand climate justice in first-ever joint ecological appeal
Bishops from the conferences of Africa, Asia, and Latin America produced a joint document calling for climate justice ahead of the U.N. climate conference in November.