In the face of social and environmental crises, the world would do well to follow the lead of its young people, Pope Francis said in a Sept. 1 video message to mark the start of the Season of Creation.
Catholic participants and observers criticized a "lack of ambition" by government negotiators at a U.N. conference on climate change that ended Dec. 15 with agreement on a rulebook to implement the 2015 Paris climate accord.
KATOWICE, POLAND - Msgr. Bruno-Marie Duffé, head of the Holy See delegation at COP24, sees "a gap between the urgency" of needed decisions and the commitment of some delegates.
The annual U.N. climate change conference, COP24, began Dec. 2 in coal-dominant Katowice, Poland, amid sense of foreboding at the present pace of response to climate change.
As the nation votes today, our entire way of life is killing us and the planet. We need a whole new way of thinking about faithful citizenship that is directed towards renewing the face of the Earth.
