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A key focus at COP31 in Antalya, Turkey, will be how countries address means to phase out the use of fossil fuels. Emissions released from burning coal, oil and gas are the main driver of climate change. (UN Climate Change/Kiara Worth)

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Uruguay shows the way on renewable energy

When the pope visited Uruguay, the media noted it is the most secular country in Latin America, with the lowest percentage of Catholics. What was not noted is that Uruguay is powered almost entirely by renewable energy: wind, solar and hydro.

Nations must advance climate funding, fossil fuel phaseout at COP31, Catholic groups say

Catholics attending the United Nations climate change summit in Turkey urged countries to refocus on phasing out fossil fuels and delivering funds to communities facing climate impacts.

Brian Roewe

Activists check the vital signs of an inflatable Earth at the COP17 United Nations biodiversity summit in Yerevan, Armenia. (UN Biodiversity/Mike Muzurakis)

Faith leaders resist despair as UN summit shows slow progress on conservation goals

"Frustration is real because we have the science, because we know what we need to do [and] the trajectory that we're on," said Amy Echeverria of the Missionary Society of St. Columban.

Brian Roewe

The people who participated in the Sept. 26 walk in San Francisco Angulo, El Salvador, called for the intercession of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals, ecology and the environment. (Lissette Lemus)

Religious orders in El Salvador seek to protect community from mega-prison’s pollution

At event tied to Season of Creation, Catholic sisters and Franciscan friars in El Salvador support a rural community fighting water contamination and a landfill near CECOT, which can hold up to 40,000 inmates.