Working with the Franciscans who steward the shrines marking the major events of St. Francis' life, Terra Laudato Si' aims to connect the saint's embrace of creation with modern-day calls for ecologic...

"Every fraction of a degree still matters": Catholic groups say the U.N. report must not become reason to give up, but instead compel a redoubling of moral pressure on world leaders to rapidly phase o...

Catholics also delivered a letter with more than 2,440 signatures, including from one bishop and 506 women religious, outlining EPA actions they viewed as "deeply concerning" and urging the agency to ...

With oil drilling threats looming in a federally protected reserve the size of South Carolina, faith leaders hope to reframe the Arctic as an ecosystem essential to life.

With oil drilling threats looming in a federally protected reserve the size of South Carolina, faith leaders hope to reframe the Arctic as an ecosystem essential to life.

Lawyers for Peruvian plaintiffs reached a $150 million settlement with Doe Run and the Renco Group, bringing an end to a 19-year lawsuit that was supported along the way by the Catholic Church in Peru...

Jordan Walker played spoiler in Philadelphia and homered on his last six swings to knock off Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber and silence the Philly boo birds in the final round, becoming the first Cardinal to win the Home Run Derby.

Two powerful earthquakes have rocked Venezuela, killing at least 188 people and trapping at least 200 in buildings.

A federal appeals court on ​Friday rejected the Environmental ‌Protection Agency's bid to withdraw 2024 soot ​limits for power ​plants and factories set during ⁠the previous administration.

Dozens of Catholic institutions across the U.S. are sprinting to develop solar projects to the point that they meet federal tax credit requirements before they go away under the One Big Beautiful Bill...

Researchers say climate change is a "threat multiplier" on social inequalities facing vulnerable communities and poor households unable to buy food elsewhere after a bad harvest, losing sources of nut...

Researchers say climate change is a "threat multiplier" on social inequalities facing vulnerable communities and poor households unable to buy food elsewhere after a bad harvest, losing sources of nut...

A year after the Trump administration's wholesale cuts to U.S. foreign aid levied a heavy toll on Catholic Relief Services, the State Department awarded the agency $240 million for disaster and humani...

A typical AI data center uses the same amount of power as 100,000 houses, according to the International Energy Agency.

In Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo said, "Technology has the power to heal, connect, educate and protect our common home; but it can also divide, exclude and generate new forms of injustice."

The “Late Show” cancellation was a disappointment. But a surreally lovely final episode turned it into a cancellebration.

Anthropic "has really staked their position as the ethical AI company, saying no to the U.S. government when it comes to lethal autonomous weapon systems … and against mass surveillance of Americans,"...

After conversations among nearly 60 nations on ways to wean the world from fossil fuels, Catholics who attended the first-of-its-kind summit in Colombia left encouraged by the promise the conversation...

As war disrupts global oil supply, more than 50 countries, dubbed a "coalition of the willing," are meeting April 26-29 in Santa Marta, Colombia, for the first Conference on Transitioning Away from Fo...

With the inaugural Laudato Si' Leadership Training, a collaboration between the U.S. bishops' conference and the Lexington Diocese, 19 dioceses aim to develop action plans inspired by Pope Francis' 20...

The pope's repeated calls for a world without nuclear arms challenges the president's accusation that he has been soft on the nuclear issue.

CRS announced its accreditation to the Green Climate Fund, which provides developing countries financing for projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build resilience to the impacts of a heating world.

The St. Francis Institute for Animals has a vision of mobilizing animal advocacy informed by Catholic social teaching to address the inhumane ways animals are treated by people in factory farms, labor...

The Catholic bishops' conferences of Africa, Asia and Latin America called for the world's governments to "adopt a treaty to stop proliferation and abandon fossil fuels as a moral and political impera...

With the help of grants from the St. Louis Archdiocese, Catholics have taken steps to lessen the waste associated with serving hundreds, and in some cases, 1,000 meals in a single night during Lenten ...

"It would be nice, I think," Elena Venner said, "for our government to at least acknowledge that we are in this climate crisis and to start by not repealing what we already have."

A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot or about 30 centimeters.

"Indifference and distance from one another have led to devastating consequences for God's creation, including the poor. The conversion that we need is both metaphorical and physical," the prelates wr...

Ecumenism Metro Chicago, a coalition of Chicago Christian leaders, is calling on federal and state lawmakers to "make every effort to replace all the lead water pipes in Illinois as quickly as possibl...

In Joliet, Illinois, Bishop Ronald Hicks oversaw a number of efforts to embed ecological concern deeper into Catholic life, including joining the Vatican's premier initiative to live out Pope Francis'...

The United States — the largest source of historical emissions and top user and producer of oil and gas — will stand as the only country in the world not part of the agreement.

After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.

Just in time for the 10-year anniversary of Laudato Si' and Christmas, the independent, lay-led program has planted 1,000 trees throughout the archdiocese's massive geographic footprint — but they're ...

Nearly 200 countries at the U.N. climate talks did little to counteract papal criticism that "failing" political will is undermining global efforts against global warming, say Catholic officials who a...

Experts say stifling bureaucratic procedures that are disconnected from the climate crisis have consistently stalled COP negotiations.

Emission-rate increases will accelerate in the U.S. and E.U. but will slow in China and India, according to a report published Wednesday.

"We're not going to see that money coming back," said Alistair Dutton, Caritas Internationalis secretary general, who spoke with NCR about the ramifications of cuts in funding for international develo...

For CRS, the days since the Oct. 10 ceasefire have focused on reestablishing its networks, reconnecting with its distribution centers and reassessing need after two years of war and near-daily bombard...

A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late to save what remains.

The Holy See said it will cut its emissions within the Vatican City State by at least 28% by 2035 compared to 2011 levels.

Gov. Gavin Newsom votoes bill to phase out a range of popular consumer products, including nonstick pots and pans, that contain synthetic chemicals with links to cancer.

Despite a U.S. retreat, solar and wind are overtaking fossil fuels globally, according to two reports published this week.

Global warming is crossing dangerous thresholds sooner than expected with the world’s coral reefs now in an almost irreversible die-off, marking what scientists on Monday described as the first “tipping point” in climate-driven ecosystem collapse.

(RNS) — ‘The challenges identified in Laudato Si’ are in fact even more relevant today than they were ten years ago.’