climate change
Protecting the climate is loving our neighbor
By Diane Randall — May 19, 2021
(RNS) — The Quaker call to love thy neighbor speaks to the world, not our immediate neighbors.
At Vatican, Kerry appeals to pope’s ‘moral authority’ to combat climate change
By Claire Giangravé — May 17, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — President Joe Biden's special envoy for climate issues praised the pontiff for his leadership and advocacy for the environment, noting Francis has ‘been ahead of the curve’ when it comes to pressing the importance of caring for creation.
Evangelicals are losing their climate skepticism
By Mark Silk — April 28, 2021
(RNS) — No wonder the pushback on President Joe Biden’s climate agenda has thus far been minimal.
A plant-based diet is about much more than not harming animals
By Mat McDermott — April 22, 2021
(RNS) — It can help stop the climate crisis and prevent the next pandemic, too.
Scuba diving rabbi adopts the ocean as his part of the world to repair
By Christine Luby — April 20, 2021
(RNS) — Scubi Jew, a marine conservation group inspired by the Jewish concept of repairing the world, turns saving the oceans into a religious experience.
Vatican makes moral case for supporting people displaced by climate change
By Claire Giangravé — March 30, 2021
(RNS) — Local Catholic groups are invited in a new Vatical document to establish ‘solidarity networks’ to ensure migrants’ dignity ‘in all phases of displacement.’
Jewish leaders need to step up on climate change
By Mark Silk — February 3, 2021
(RNS) — The Jewish world’s environmentalist engagement of three decades ago is overdue for a revival.
Can Catholic bishops work with the Biden administration?
By Thomas Reese — January 29, 2021
(RNS) — Reports suggest that the US bishops are ready to wage war on the new administration, but there are many areas where the bishops' and Biden's agendas converge.
Nationalism ‘must not prevail,’ Pope Francis says, addressing the United Nations
By Claire Giangravé — September 25, 2020
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — ‘We never emerge from a crisis just as we were. We come out either better or worse,’ Pope Francis said in a video message to the United Nations September 25.
Whipsawed by 2020
By Max Lucado — September 25, 2020
(RNS) — Now is not the time to give up. Now is the time to look up.
Faith and politics mix to drive evangelical Christians’ climate change denial
By Adrian Bardon — September 11, 2020
(The Conversation) — Does religion predispose people against climate science? Studies link a belief in miracles and an afterlife with lower estimates of the risks posed by climate change.
Responding to COVID-19 is a marathon, not a sprint
By Thomas Reese — April 28, 2020
(RNS) — The COVID-19 pandemic is a wakeup call for political, economic and spiritual conversion. Returning to ‘normal’ is not an option.
For first time, survey finds majority of pastors says global warming is real, man-made
By Adelle M. Banks — April 21, 2020
(RNS) — In previous studies, researchers found pastors were more skeptical of human-caused climate change.
A Passover Haggadah with a focus on Earth care takes off in a time of pandemic
By Yonat Shimron — April 7, 2020
(RNS) — In a year that has seen the deaths of thousands to a virulent virus sweeping the world, many are welcoming a focus on the health of the planet and finding it especially meaningful in a time of social isolation.
Amish farmers have a ‘complicated relationship’ with nature, are skeptical of climate change
By Elizabeth E. Evans — February 14, 2020
LANCASTER, Pa. (RNS) — Amish farmers may embrace a simple, back to the earth lifestyle, but they may not embrace the ‘creation care’ theology of Christian environmentalists.
