Catholic groups welcomed the historic deal reached at the United Nations climate summit to establish a "loss and damage" fund for vulnerable countries, even while negotiations fell short in other areas, they said.
Ahead of the final round of Brazil's presidential election, Catholic social pastoral ministries released a letter repudiating incumbent Jair Bolsonaro's reelection. They cited his "policy of environmental destruction."
Catholic leaders, experts and members of civil society spoke during a dialogue session ahead of COP27, the next United Nations climate change conference.
The current farm bill doesn't expire until 2023, yet already Catholic advocates are lining up their arguments to assemble the kind of farm bill they want to see next year.
Catholic Charities is using its statewide network of hurricane and disaster response experience across Florida to help survivors in desperate situations following Hurricane Ian.
If the royal family is going to be relevant for the 21st century, it needs to help the world face the most important crisis of the century. And long before it was fashionable, Charles was warning about climate change.
After passage of a bill with historic investments in combating climate change, environmental advocates are now focusing on a proposed bill from Sen. Joe Manchin to streamline the permitting process for energy projects.
A new economic model must be "an economy of friendship with the earth and an economy of peace," the pope said at the closing session of the Economy of Francesco event in Assisi.
The process of converting bodies into soil is now legal in California after Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 18 signed a bill that will allow human composting in the Golden State.
