Stephanie Clary

Stephanie Clary is NCR environment editor. Her email address is . Follow her on Instagram @stephanieclaryncr.

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Members of the Catholic Youth Climate Summit leadership team pose for a photo with Cardinal Blase Cupich during the third annual gathering in Chicago, Feb. 25. (Courtesy of Catholic Climate Covenant)

At Catholic Youth Climate Summit, cardinal recognizes importance of student leadership

During the Catholic Youth Climate Summit Feb. 25 in Chicago, Cardinal Blase Cupich told about 100 high schoolers that young people hold a credibility that older generations lack due to how they have treated the planet.

Pope Francis responds to questions from rectors of public and private universities from Latin America and the Caribbean at the Vatican Sept. 21, 2023. The pope told the group his new document on the environment would be titled "Laudate Deum" (Praise God). (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Francis, 'Laudate Deum,' Catholic sisters: EarthBeat's top stories of 2023

It has been another busy year for faith and climate journalism, with Pope Francis himself gracing the headlines of six of EarthBeat's 10 most-read news stories.

Pope Francis shares a laugh with some of the women members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops, including Spanish theologian Cristina Inogés Sanz, left, at the assembly's session Oct. 6 in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. (CNS/Vatican Media)

Those on the Catholic margins took center stage in 2023

For many, 2023 was the year that people and issues on the Catholic margins took center stage. Call it the year they were heard — even with all the expected static struggling to drown out the dialogue.

In May 2021, 76 trees were planted at St. Thomas More Academy in Washington D.C., through the Laudato Trees program and in partnership with local nonprofit Casey Trees. Later, 12 more were added to the campus. (St. Thomas More Academy/Gerald Smith)

Video: Laudato Trees planting program enlists Catholic properties to help increase DC's canopy

A man from a homeless encampment receives care from Circle The City's mobile medical unit on the 14th day of temperatures rising to 114 degrees Fahrenheit July 13 in Phoenix. Bishop Edward Weisenburger of the Diocese of Tucson, Arizona, calls climate change a critical topic. (OSV News/Reuters/Liliana Salgado)

Bishop Weisenburger says climate change is an issue of 'life and death'

Bishop Edward Weisenburger says climate change "is a practical, local issue of local concern." He spoke to EarthBeat about his recent op-ed on climate change and hope, and his own hopes for Pope Francis' "Laudate Deum."

Dorothy Fortenberry, a writer and executive producer for the Apple TV+ television series "Extrapolations" (AP/Invision/Willy Sanjuan)

Q&A: Dorothy Fortenberry on climate change, changed relationships in 'Extrapolations'

Dorothy Fortenberry was a writer and executive producer on Apple TV's drama "Extrapolations," which she says is "an attempt to try to capture in a TV show: What are the changes that come from staying the same?"

Brussels sprouts in a pan

Q&A: Shaun Larcom on the effect of a return to meatless Fridays for UK Catholics

About 28 percent of U.K. Catholics abstain from meat on all Fridays, reducing greenhouse gas emissions .012 percent. A similar level of compliance in the U.S. would have a 20 times greater impact.

 

"Earthrise" is a famous photograph of the Earth and parts of the moon's surface taken from lunar orbit by astronaut Bill Anders on Dec. 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission. (Bill Anders/NASA/Creative Commons)

EarthBeat's best of 2022

Illustrations by co-author Frank Champine, from the book Singing with Crickets: Meditations on Francis of Assisi and Nature (Frank Champine)

'Singing with Crickets' offers new view of follower sheep through St. Francis' eyes

Book review: The authors of Singing with Crickets explore the words, tales and prayers of St. Francis in a way that forces readers to ask if and how this well-known figure can be a model for eco-conscious living today.

Anna Robertson (third from left) poses with Will Rutt (executive director, Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center) and youth panelists at an event sponsored by the Creation Care Network in early 2022 in Seattle, Washington. (Courtesy of Anna Robertson)

Q & A with Anna Robertson, on Catholic young adults and climate action

Since late 2020, Anna Robertson has worked with Catholic youth and young adults with specific interest in climate change, ecological justice and creation spirituality. She shared how we might best serve and accompany them.

Parental leave (Unsplash/Flávia Gava)

Why doesn't a pro-life Catholic Church offer paid leave for new mothers?

NCR Connections: It's embarrassing that an institution so supposedly committed to supporting families and proclaiming its "pro-life" stance isn't a leader in offering guaranteed paid parental leave for its laborers.

(Unsplash/Ben Duchac)

EarthBeat Weekly: Laudato Si' is about connection, community as much as carbon footprints

EarthBeat Weekly: Pope Francis' encyclical reminds us our call to care for creation has just as much to do with our relationships with each other, other creatures and God as it does with sustainability.

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