"Living our vocation to be protectors of God's handiwork is essential to a life of virtue." Pope Leo XIV holds first 'green ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Wednesday for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and “hear the cry of ...

We must pray for the conversion of many people, inside and outside of the church, who still do not recognize the urgency of ...

The Mass, along with other steps, show Pope Leo XIV and the Roman Catholic Church building on the environmental commitment of ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass “for the care of creation” after the Vatican ...

“Laudato Si’,” which celebrated its 10th anniversary on May 24, will surely stand among the most important components of Pope Francis’ legacy.

In the three years since Pope Francis issued his environmental epistle Laudato Si (Care for Our Common Home), many Catholics have responded in a way that may be unparalleled for a papal encyclical ...

Laudato Si had a specific political goal, as Pope Francis himself made clear. It was released in June 2015 in order to influence the Paris climate talks in December of that year.

Tomás Insua, leader and co-founder of the Laudato Si' Movement, will step down as executive director later this year. Insua announced his forthcoming departure in a letter Feb. 18, but added he ...

Just three years on, acting in the spirit of Pope Francis' 2015 social encyclical "Laudato Si', On Care for our Common Home," the Laudato Si' Research Institute is already having an impact."Though ...

Laudato Si’ Week, set for May 16-24, will include a number of online workshops. A weeklong church-wide observance is planned to mark Pope Francis’s signing of the encyclical May 24, 2015.

Published in 2015, Laudato Si’, is Pope Francis’s environmental encyclical. The new ministry in the Archdiocese of Seattle will be based on the Laudato Si’ action platform, which outlines ...