Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

Commentary: Pope Francis has called for a better kind of politics. That must start with the church. There can be no room for anyone who identifies as a "warrior," who profanes Christian witness by using the tactics of war.

Catholic development groups operating across the world said the latest report from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change made clear that countries must focus on "transformative solutions" with no time to waste.

A caravan of lay and religious leaders from Latin America traveled to Rome to garner the Vatican's support in ending the destructive mining practices that ravage communities across the region.

"It is necessary, then, to change approach and admit the urgency of building a 'we' that lives in the common home" of creation, said the interim president of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development in a talk at the Pontifical Urbanian University in Rome March 30.

Commentary: Fossil fuels have become a weapon of mass destruction, both for war in Ukraine and in the climate crisis. We must believe that we can overcome not only war in Ukraine, but also our dependency on oil, gas and coal.

New solar array at Catholic University of America supports the Vatican's Laudato Si' Action Platform. It also supports the goal of Washington, D.C., to increase use of renewables and to achieve carbon neutrality.

Cardinal Michael Czerny says a new photo exhibition on Amazonia captures the majesty and fragility of a region that is both one of the world's most important ecosystems and one of great importance to the church.

Commentary: The climate crisis is already with us. We don't have even one more year to find solutions. Which leads us to hope. Catholics in the United States and around the globe are standing together in faith to develop the tools we need.