climate change
Want to regain young people’s trust? Start treating the earth, and life, as sacred
By Norman Wirzba — October 8, 2021
(RNS) — Our government and business leaders are failing young people by not acting out of the conviction that this world and all its life are sacred and, thus, worthy of our protection and care.
Caring for the environment has a long Catholic lineage – hundreds of years before Pope Francis
By Joanne M. Pierce — October 8, 2021
(The Conversation) — Environmentalism may seem like a new mindset, especially in the Church. But care for creation has been woven into Catholicism for centuries.
Woe to you, Washington! Woe to you, New York!
By Thomas Reese — October 4, 2021
(RNS) — God does not punish us. He tells us when we are punishing ourselves.
Pope Francis, faith leaders call for action ahead of COP26 climate summit
By Claire Giangravé — October 4, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis and global faith leaders joined forces on Monday at the Vatican in an interreligious appeal for urgent action for the environment.
Faith leaders, including Francis, to present joint appeal for COP26 climate summit
By Claire Giangravé — October 1, 2021
(RNS) — Pope Francis will join about 40 faith leaders to promote climate awareness among world leaders at the COP26 environmental summit.
Young evangelicals to host Capitol Hill rally for climate action
By Kathryn Post — September 23, 2021
(RNS) — ‘The best time to work on climate justice was 10 years ago, but the second-best time is now,’ said an organizer of the rally.
Pray.com supports family farms hit by historic droughts
By Kathryn Post — September 22, 2021
(RNS) — ‘We have a responsibility to tend to the land. It’s really not just about California, it’s about the entire country,’ said Pray.com’s CEO.
Sukkot is the Jewish holiday that teaches us the joys of doing without
By Avi Shafran — September 20, 2021
(RNS) — Living in a hut teaches us that what we really have is not what we own, but what we are.
Pope, patriarch and Canterbury abbot issue climate appeal
By Nicole Winfield — September 7, 2021
ROME (AP) — The world’s top Christian leaders — Pope Francis, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians — on Tuesday issued a joint appeal for delegates at the upcoming U.N. climate summit to “listen to the cry of the Earth” and make sacrifices to save the planet. In their first-ever […]
To address climate change, address gender inequity
By Elizabeth Chun Hye Lee — September 3, 2021
(RNS) — The UN estimates that 80% of those being displaced by climate change are women.
The climate apocalypse is real, and it is coming
By Thomas Reese — August 10, 2021
(RNS) — Concern for the environment can no longer be an optional or secondary aspect of Christianity. It must be central to who we are as Christians.
COVID-19, global warming and diminishing Catholic guilt
By Thomas Reese — August 4, 2021
(RNS) — Would that the pope could declare vaccine skeptics and climate-change deniers heretics and put their books, articles, Facebook pages and tweets on the Index of Forbidden Books.
Nigerian herders kill 33, burn 4 churches days after kidnapping schoolchildren
By Fredrick Nzwili — July 16, 2021
(RNS) — 'This is religious persecution. We must call it that. I have 1,000 reasons to believe so,' said a local leader.
Major Catholic newspaper divests from fossil fuels
By Renée Roden — July 2, 2021
(RNS) — National Catholic Reporter appears to be in the vanguard of publishing companies making a public commitment to divest from fossil fuels.
US Bishops try to rein in the Biden administration, but the Vatican is all smiles
By Jack Jenkins — May 28, 2021
(RNS) — The pope has shown that he is willing to sidestep his American bishops to strengthen his relationship with Biden.
