Environment

Air pollution link to fetal, maternal problems calls for a Catholic lens

April 11, 2025
By Peter Finney Jr.
OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News

The Catholic health conference, four years in the making, was cosponsored by the Catholic Climate Covenant, the Jesuits’ USA Central and Southern Province, the Loyola Institute for Ministry and Rise St. James Louisiana, a community watchdog group that advocates for environmental justice in towns along the Mississippi River teeming with petrochemical facilities.

Peace, care for creation linked, dicastery says

April 7, 2025
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, News, Vatican, World News

“Seeds of Peace and Hope” is the theme for the World Day of Prayer for Creation, which will be celebrated Sept. 1.

Religious sisters in El Salvador join church’s ‘Yes to life, no to mining’ campaign

March 15, 2025
By Rhina Guidos
Global Sisters Report Filed Under: Environment, News, World News

Religious sisters in El Salvador are joining the church’s “Yes to life, no to mining” campaign, calling for the restoration of a law against metal mining in El Salvador.

Let us begin a garden

March 9, 2025
By Margaret Rose Realy
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Environment

To begin a garden is to be a co-creator with God, and to join in the joy he intended for us through his creation.

Help protect creation from greed, exploitation, pope says in message

March 6, 2025
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, News, Vatican, World News

Pope Francis asked Christians to help protect nature from human greed and exploitation during the Holy Year.

Analysis: Will climate goals survive dismantling of Biden-era green initiatives?

February 26, 2025
By Kimberly Heatherington
OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News

Pope Francis has made ecology a signature issue of his pontificate, penning “Laudato Si’,” a 2015 encyclical, and “Laudate Deum,” a 2023 apostolic exhortation, to address it.

‘Martyr of the Amazon’: Recalling Sister Dorothy Stang’s ministry 20 years after her murder

February 12, 2025
By Junno Arocho Esteves
OSV News Filed Under: Environment, News, Religious Freedom, World News

In the lead up to the 20th anniversary of the death of Sister Stang, who is considered by many as a “Martyr of the Amazon,” a relic containing blood-soaked soil from the site of her murder was enshrined at the Basilica of St. Bartholomew on Tiber Island in Rome on Jan. 10.

Trump’s Day 1 includes executive orders on birthright citizenship, climate

January 21, 2025
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Environment, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News

Among the first acts of his second term, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders including on immigration, birthright citizenship and climate. Some Catholic organizations expressed concern about the scope of his orders and their potential impact on migrants.

Air pollution link to fetal, maternal problems calls for a Catholic lens

Peace, care for creation linked, dicastery says

Religious sisters in El Salvador join church’s ‘Yes to life, no to mining’ campaign

Let us begin a garden

Help protect creation from greed, exploitation, pope says in message

Analysis: Will climate goals survive dismantling of Biden-era green initiatives?

‘Martyr of the Amazon’: Recalling Sister Dorothy Stang’s ministry 20 years after her murder

Trump’s Day 1 includes executive orders on birthright citizenship, climate

Catholic climate policy advocates express concern about some Trump proposals

Patient diplomacy, cooperation hold hope for suffering world, pope says

Pope Francis receives new all-electric popemobile

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