Paris climate agreement
As oil activities encroach on sacred natural sites, a small Ugandan community feels besieged
By Rodney Muhumuza — August 23, 2023
BULIISA, Uganda (AP) — As TotalEnergies invests billions into oilfield development and acquires more and more land, Wakitinti and other Bagungu people who practice traditional beliefs worry the spiritual power of at least 32 sacred natural sites in Buliisa keeps deteriorating.
A new film by Emmy-winning director centers on Pope’s vision for environment
By Claire Giangravé — October 4, 2022
(RNS) — Available for free on YouTube, ‘The Letter’ traces a pathway of dialogue amid the climate crisis.
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.
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.
Once feared as Vatican meddling, Catholic ideas could help America move forward
By Thomas Reese — November 9, 2020
(RNS) — Americans once feared that Catholic politicians would push Rome's agenda. But in divisive times, we could do worse than implementing the Church's principles of reconciliation and multilateralism.
Students lobby Congress on DACA and global warming
By Thomas Reese — November 19, 2019
(RNS) — More than 1,500 students descended on Washington, D.C., this week to lobby Congress on global warming and DACA, the program protecting immigrants who have lived in the U.S. for most of their lives from deportation.
Pope Francis reflects on 3 decades of international cooperation on climate change
By Claire Giangravé — November 7, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Only a few days after the United States officially gave notice of its intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, Pope Francis took the opportunity to praise a gathering of environmental regulators meeting in Rome this week.
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