Laudato Si

Dear Reader: God Is the Artist

Christopher Heffron March 25, 2024

Though St. Francis of Assisi was, to his core, an institutional Catholic, he found God everywhere, not just under the roof of a church.

Loving Creation, Loving God

Carie Moore March 25, 2024

When we allow ourselves to be as open as a child in our relationship with creation, we are one step closer to bringing about the kingdom of God.

Birds fly as the sun sets over the mountains near Assisi, Italy, in this Oct. 26, 2011, file photo. St. Francis, who was born in Assisi in the 12th century, is the patron saint of ecology and his feast day is Oct. 4. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope, in document on climate crisis, criticizes science ‘deniers’

OSV News October 5, 2023

After warning the world against ignoring the cries of the earth and the poor with his 2015 encyclical, "Laudato Si', On Care for Our Common Home," Pope Francis intensified his critique with "Laudate Deum" (Praise God).

Firefighters stand on a Kamloops Fire Rescue truck at a wildfire near Fort St. John, British Columbia, May 14, 2023. Wildfires have always occurred, but experts say the warming climate is increasing their severity. (OSV News photo/Kamloops Fire Rescue handout via Reuters)

Poll: U.S. Catholics’ views on climate show no significant ‘Laudato Si” effect

OSV News October 3, 2023

Despite Pope Francis' advocacy for caring for creation, U.S. Catholics are no more likely than other Americans to view climate change as "a serious problem," according to new data from the Pew Research Center.

An aerial view shows trees as the sun rises at the Amazon rainforest in Manaus in Brazil's Amazonas state Oct. 26, 2022. (OSV News photo/Bruno Kelly, Reuters)

Church environmentalists worried about oil drilling at mouth of Amazon River

OSV News August 31, 2023

Church activists in the Amazon are worried about the Brazilian government's plan to exploit oil in a marine area close to the mouth of the Amazon River.

Raindrops bead up on the leaves of a tree branch April 26, 2020, on a trail near Bladensburg, Md. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth)

Laudato Si’ 2.0: Pope announces new document ahead of ‘Season of Creation’

OSV News August 28, 2023

Ahead of the ecumenical celebrations of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation Sept. 1 and the monthlong "Season of Creation," Pope Francis said he is writing a follow-up document to his 2015 encyclical on the environment.