Even though Western Pennsylvania has fewer sunny days than other parts of the U.S., the 170 solar panels on the roofs of the school, church and rectory buildings will generate more than 90% of their electricity needs.

On this 10th anniversary of one of the most extraordinary documents in the church's history, we need to revisit Laudato Si' and heed Pope Francis' call for an integral ecology and better stewardship of creation as a moral imperative.

 As the Trump administration dismantles climate action and cuts funding to Indigenous peoples around the world — and far-right politics continues to rise globally — experts see the conclave's selection of Robert Francis Prevost, or Pope Leo XIV as he is now known, as a clear beacon that the faith-based climate justice movement his predecessor led isn't going anywhere.