climate change

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, addresses the COP29 Leaders Climate Action Summit Nov. 13, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Selfishness is blocking progress on climate change, cardinal says

Efforts to slow climate change and mitigate its impact, particularly on the poor, are being thwarted by selfishness, the Vatican secretary of state told world leaders at the COP29 climate conference.
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Monarch butterfly sitting on a hand.

Awe and Wonder of Creation

St. Francis’ response to the world around him was so much more than intellectual appreciation or economic calculus, for to him each and every creature was a sister united to him by bonds of affection.
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Heed the Call

Many in the US prefer to pretend that “everything’s fine,” ignoring the world’s ecological crisis.
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No Plan B

Some don’t want to hear that the material world is sacred, because they’d rather exploit it. But scientists have sent a clear wake-up call.
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Heritage for Children?

Climate change dovetails with other social justice issues because it has the worst effects on the poorest 
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A climate activist wearing a protective mask protests June 8, 2023, while smoke and haze caused by wildfires in Canada pass through New York City. (OSV News photo/Amr Alfiky, Reuters)

Caritas: Voices from climate change migrants can be ‘blueprint for change’

Too often the voices of people fleeing their homes due to climate change and extreme weather patterns are overshadowed by an abundance of scientific data and statistics, said a Caritas Internationalis official.
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