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A través de las plantas, aprendo a escuchar a Dios en kichwa

Después de riadas de 2024 en España, religiosas tejieron una red de solidaridad

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A person uses an umbrella for shade from the sun while walking near Pike Place Market June 29, 2021, in Seattle. The unprecedented heat dome that summer baked the Pacific Northwest for weeks in record-breaking extreme heat. More than 650 people died across the U.S. and Canada, including at least 19 in Spokane. (AP/Ted S. Warren)

Amid extreme heat trend, Gonzaga University secures law to cool Spokane renters

"I didn't realize how many people were just sweating it out miserable in Spokane because it is so common to just not have any air conditioning in the [rental] unit," said one student who helped promote the ordinance.

Conversion of heart needed to end wars, heal Earth, pope says

War and environmental destruction are not just political failures, but symptoms of a deep moral crisis in the human heart, Pope Leo XIV said in his message for the 2026 World Day of Prayer for Creation.

Colombia: Bogotá archdiocese launches 'spiritual first aid' mission to quake-hit cities

Dozens of clergy from the Archdiocese of Bogotá embarked on a five-day pastoral mission to cities in Colombia devastated by the Aug. 10 earthquake.

Students at the University of Dayton help grow a variety of produce on the campus' Flyer Farm, a 3-acre urban agriculture project. Most of what grows at the farm is given away to feed the hungry across the Dayton region. (Courtesy of University of Dayton)

University of Dayton returns to its roots with campus farm that feeds its Ohio community

The small operation at Flyer Farm provides a learning lab for students and demonstrates how urban agriculture can be done "just about anywhere you can find space." 

Charlie, Lucy Huh's poodle, plays on the beach

Lessons from my beloved dog, Charlie, on the feast of St. Francis

My poodle was sacred, like all creatures born from the loving heart of God. He taught me that animals, too, carry the divine spark of their creator.

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Contemplation With Creation

This summer blog series by Christina Leaño aims to be an exploration of the how and why of contemplation, especially in relation to creation. How can contemplation be a way of deepening our relationship with God and creation? How do you contemplate?
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COP28 Dubai

Pope Francis will attend the United Nations' COP28 climate change conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, becoming the first pontiff to ever address such a high-level summit. COP28 runs Nov. 30-Dec. 12. (OSV News/cop28.com)
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Reducing waste

Catholic parishes and communities are taking steps to reduce waste and change lifestyles.
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A temple constructed by the Indigenous Toda tribe in the Nilgiris Hills of southern India, on Aug. 31, 2023. This temple is located in the heart of a sacred grassland and Toda settlement known as Muttunad Mund near Kotagiri, India. (AP Photo/Deepa Bharath)

What are sacred forests?

Sacred forests and groves are primeval woodlands that different faith communities around the world have safeguarded for centuries as abodes of the spiritual or the divine.

Pope Francis writing on a large, round, white item on a desk.

Why is the Catholic Church participating in a UN climate summit?

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What is loss and damage?

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São Paulo Zoo, Brazil (Wikimedia Commons/Mike Peel, www.mikepeel.net)

Why is Francis of Assisi the patron saint of ecology?

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