If we approach the climate crisis from the place of love, a spiritual perspective, a woman's perspective — a perspective that honors the Earth's body, its biodiversity and its own healing capacity — many more possibilities open up.
People of faith have to build upon the person-by-person, institution-by-institution engagement with environmental issues by further entering the fray of politics.
Connect contemporary ecological convictions to ancient Catholic heritage and ancestry for a functional cosmology inspired by Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si'.
What if there were a universe inside each of us living things? What if we could recognize it? Mark Doty's poem is a road map to the infinite within us.
Pope Francis' encyclical on care for the environment has been an opportunity to explore the intersection of two important elements of my life: my Catholic faith and my experience as a Mohawk woman.
There is a growing demand for climate action. But that is not what the world got from the United Nations mid-year climate talks. Many observers and party delegates were dissatisfied with the process and the outcomes.
We need to recognize that to talk about the vulnerability of our climate is also to talk about our own vulnerability and the vulnerability of the goods and services that make up our economy.
I've been thinking about hearts, their great diversity of shapes, sizes and sounds. My thoughts turn to God's creative whimsy. And when a heart ceases to beat, a piece of what God envisioned fades away and is lost.
"Safe and just" boundaries for planetary health would protect not just the average person, but the person who is most vulnerable to disaster. American Catholics are called to lead the response to this science.