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… have shares in at least one of 16 corporations known to conduct or finance fossil fuels and mining operations from 2015 to 2024 — including nine archdioceses, 20 dioceses and several … to embody and promote the faith. Still, high returns can be achieved without fossil fuels and mining investments. It is time for the global Catholic community to "walk the talk" on a swift …

… of Bethel. "It's the college of fish camp." So when Alaska Natives debate proposals to drill, mine or otherwise develop the landscape of the nation's largest state, it involves more than an … just about anywhere on the map of Alaska, and you're likely to hit an area debating a proposed mine, a new wilderness road, a logging site, an oil well, a natural gas pipeline. Such debates …

… labor from regions reaching from  sub-Saharan Africa to  China and  Ukraine . Those working to mine and refine cobalt, silicon and rare earth minerals for Silicon Valley's computing systems are subject to  horrifying violations of human dignity. Likewise, mining communities are exposed to harmful health risks from irreversible heavy-metal pollution, …

… so I stay focused on doing the next right thing, and ask, 'What is God's will for me? What is mine to do?' We all need to show up and find what's ours to do and do it."  Listen to the full …

… just for Catholics, but for the world. "The heart must be open," Francis said. And somehow, mine was. That experience alone would have stayed with me forever, but what followed was even …

… how I see clothing in general. I no longer think of clothes as disposable or even truly mine. I am just entrusted with them for a while. Someone else might wear this blouse after me. …

… in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, or RECA, particularly the state's uranium mine workers, mostly Indigenous people, who were exposed to dangerous radioactive levels. …

… going to sign a jersey to be sent to Pope Leo. "I'm not sure he's going to be as excited for mine to arrive, but we'll see," he said. Robert Prevost became the first pope from the U.S. in …

… of  carbon markets and offsets , "which allow large polluters to continue emitting gases"; the mining of minerals for clean energy, which is "devastating territories and sacrificing …

… have advocated for a robust move away from coal and other fossil fuels. With the coal mining sector sustaining energy and jobs in a country where unemployment is worsening, calls by … yet yielded a robust switch to renewable energy, either. "Our government is highly invested in mining, and because of that passion for them to keep extracting and benefiting economically from …

… crops, but culture, heritage and spiritual life. These churches are the canaries in the coal mine." Back at the waterlogged remains of Free Pentecostal Fellowship in Kenya on a recent …

… in the Gospel of John. In today's Gospel we hear, "Everything that the Father has is mine," implying that he and the Father live in and through one another. The most unique aspect of …

… policy for all Vatican offices that discouraged "speculative investments" in oil and mining industries and encouraged investment in companies working to protect the environment and …

… after Escaleras , the government allowed loggers and miners unfettered access. An iron oxide mine opened and the government jailed opponents, including López, who was released after 12 days. Under pressure, Honduran President Xiomara Castro temporarily suspended the mine's permit in 2023. Along the Guapinol River, where a giant plant has been built to process ore from the mine, a peasant leader says López was a spiritual guide. "Juan was very educated and committed to …

… under international pacts on climate change and biodiversity, faith groups raised deep-sea mining and industrial overfishing as growing concerns. "The unchecked extraction and … A separate campaign,  Faiths for UNOC3 , has called for a moratorium on deep-sea mining and for countries to deliver on pledges under the  2022 Global Biodiversity Framework to … temperatures threaten coral reefs, as do overfishing and the potential expansion of deep-sea mining for tech-critical minerals. Reefs and other marine ecosystems are endangered as well by …

… lack of respect for human rights and its advocates, and worries about the approval of metal mining in the country.  As pastors, the bishops pleaded with the government to dialogue with the …

… me and whispered, with beaming eyes and a radiant smile, "These shoes are great, Sister, but mine aren't really  that  bad — and look, the mother  has none ! Would you mind if I give them …

… on Tuesday, May 27, rejected an appeal from Apaches who are fighting to halt a massive copper mining project on federal land in Arizona that they hold sacred. The justices left in place lower … of the Tonto National Forest land, known as Oak Flat, to Resolution Copper, which plans to mine what it says is the second-largest known copper deposit in the world. The Trump … while vowing to continue the court fight. An estimated 40 billion pounds of copper could be mined over the lifetime of the mine, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The project has …

… she responded, "It was still a good message." I sent a link to the video to a priest friend of mine. He responded that they'd just had a parish talk on the papacy, and at one point a …

… outsiders, a pivot to solar power may seem peculiar in a part of the country long tied to coal mining. Those ties still exist, Helfrich said, but people recognize that coal is unlikely to … on the natural beauty of the mountain region and the hardships its people face, including from mining and environmental destruction. "We have a long history of our faith calling us to have a … coal. After becoming bishop in 2015, Stowe embarked on a listening tour of the diocese's coal mining communities. A constant refrain he heard was the importance of work in how people, and …