Of the Genesis account of creation, Ratzinger notes that it has a purpose other than to give a scientific or factual account ...

We are pleased to invite you to the webinar “2020 Laudato Si’ Reflection – How the Encyclical Laudato Si’ could steer the EU’s role in a just recovery after the COVID-19 crisis”. This event is ...

The document addresses issues such as climate change, care for the environment, and the defense of human life and dignity. Pope Francis presides over a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome on July 23, ...

A Jesuit Heritage Week panel explores how the Vatican’s Laudato Si’ letter calls the Santa Clara community to hope through ...

On June 18, Pope Francis issued a world-wide encyclical on ecology, environmental destruction, and climate change. The highly anticipated document, intended to spur reflection and action among the ...

On Oct. 4, 2023, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Francis released his apostolic exhortation “Laudate Deum” (“Praise God”), a follow up to “Laudato Si’.” The highly anticipated text draws on ...

COMMENTARY: If ‘everything is connected,’ we cannot uphold the Holy Father’s teaching on respecting the integrity of creation while rejecting the givenness of our sexually-differentiated bodies. Pope ...

The Vatican is observing Laudato si’ Week to mark the sixth anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical on care for our common home. The week includes an online climate summit. “The Laudato si’ action ...

The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (also known as Conference of the Parties or COP30) is beginning in Brazil, ...

The skyline of Omaha, Neb., is pictured in a file photo at dusk. Archbishop George J. Lucas of Omaha hosted a diverse group of leaders from government, business, education, nonprofit, agriculture and ...

Pope Francis said Wednesday he will release a follow-up environmental document to the 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’ on Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. Speaking at the end of his general ...