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Catechism will be updated to include ecological sins, pope says

by Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service

Nov 15, 2019

Following through on a proposal made at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, Pope Francis said there are plans to include a definition of ecological sins in the church's official teaching.

What does the Paris climate agreement require of countries?

by Brian Roewe

Nov 15, 2019

Burning Questions: Our reader asked what exactly the Paris Agreement requires of individual countries, and is anyone keeping track?

Hundreds of Creighton University students demonstrate outside St. John's Church on the Omaha, Nebraska campus in April pressing the Jesuit school to take increased action on climate change, including divesting its endowment from fossil fuels. (Emily Burke

Creighton University president rejects student recommendation to divest from fossil fuels

by Brian Roewe

Nov 13, 2019

Jesuit Fr. Daniel Hendrickson released a statement Nov. 13 declining to act on a non-binding referendum supported by 86% of the student body to divest the school's endowment from fossil fuels.

Carol Mitchell (NCR photo by Bill Mitchell)

The only cupcakes I ever bake (or crave)

by Carol Mitchell

Nov 13, 2019

Helping save the planet with a vegan diet is great. Even better if it can taste good, too.

Catechism will be updated to include ecological sins, pope says

What does the Paris climate agreement require of countries?

Creighton University president rejects student recommendation to divest from fossil fuels

The only cupcakes I ever bake (or crave)

Creighton awaits president's decision on student vote endorsing fossil fuel divestment

How four dioceses are actually doing something about the climate crisis

Reducing a carbon footprint year by year

Catholics call Trump's move from Paris climate deal 'unconscionable'

On the train to Omaha: Why individual action on climate change matters

Four factors driving pace, scale of climate action in U.S. dioceses

Meet the young Catholic suing the government over climate change

The streets of San Francisco as classroom

Washington Archdiocese's solar array touted as model for church agencies

Indigenous from Brazil bring plea to Rome: 'We need more protection'

Awareness remains an issue as global climate strikes draw millions

Mobile medical team assesses health needs in Bahamas after Dorian

Can one meatless day out of the week make a difference?

'Like a sunburn on your lungs': How does the climate crisis impact health?

Follow ongoing coverage of today's global climate strikes

As climate effects hit coffee crops, Guatemalan farmers become migrants

23 reasons to join Friday's Climate Strike

Intergenerational solidarity: Elders join youth in climate strikes

Editorial: With the Earth in peril, we must act on behalf of God's creation

A key question about the climate crisis: how to talk about it

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