WASHINGTON -- Plunging headlong into the issues of the day, Pope Francis opened his visit to the United States with a strong call Wednesday for action to combat climate change, calling it a problem ...

Pope Francis attends his weekly general audience in Saint Peter's square in The Vatican on Nov. 15, 2023. Pope Francis canceled his upcoming trip to Dubai for the COP 28 climate talks, after doctors' ...

Ahead of the The Independent’s Climate 100 List being published later this month, we are celebrating some of the leading ...

Pope Francis said during a Nov. 1 interview with Italian television network RAI that he will attend the United Nations' COP28 climate change conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, becoming the ...

Pope Francis called on lawmakers worldwide Oct. 9 to overcome "the narrow confines" of partisan politics to quickly reach consensus on fighting climate change. The pope addressed parliamentarians who ...

“Laudato Si’,” which celebrated its 10th anniversary on May 24, will surely stand among the most important components of Pope Francis’ legacy. The encyclical neatly laid out the church’s concerns ...

VATICAN CITY, — Pope Leo XIV prayed Wednesday for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and “hear the cry of the poor,” as he celebrated the first papal Mass using a new set of ...

Pope Leo will open a new Vatican-run ecological training centre in the Italian countryside on Friday, in an initiative ...

Pope Leo XIV held what has been dubbed the first “green” papal Mass on Wednesday, using a new set of prayers imploring care for God’s creation. The Mass, in the gardens of the Vatican’s new ecological ...