Earlier this summer, the Vatican published the papal encyclical Laudato Si’, promoting sustainable development and environmentalism, and Pope Francis subsequently declared his intention to deliver an ...

(RNS) — With all that happened in the Catholic Church last month, we can be forgiven for missing the 10 th anniversary of “Laudato si’,” Pope Francis’ encyclical on global warming. Pope Francis fell ...

(RNS) — Meeting near the Ugandan capital of Kampala, Catholic environmentalists in Africa marked the 10th anniversary this week (July 23-25) of the publication of Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’ encyclical ...

On a beautiful day in Doddridge County, West Virginia, I was traveling with some of my housemates to a mountain justice meeting when over the radio came the announcement that a new pope had been ...

Like his predecessor Pope Francis, Pope Leo XIV has a vocal, defining focus on environmental stewardship — and he carried Francis' legacy forward on Wednesday with the Catholic Church's first-ever ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel takes her seat in the visitors' gallery of the German Bundestag for the election of the Chancellor. The election and swearing-in of the German Chancellor and the ...