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When Pope Francis’s first encyclical on the environment was released ten years ago this summer, it made headlines beyond ...

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

As the so-called One Big, Beautiful Bill made its way toward congressional approval last month, U.S. Catholic bishops signed ...

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

Pope Leo XIV prayed Wednesday for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and “hear the cry of the poor,” as ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated on Wednesday what has been dubbed the first “green” papal Mass, using a new set of prayers imploring ...

Pope Leo XIV is also enacting a plan to build a solar farm that would make Vatican City the world’s first carbon-neutral ...

Pope Leo XIV included a call to action while performing mass in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. The first American pope has followed ...

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

We live in a world that is burning’ - The Pope, who has been vacationing outside Rome, says the world is experiencing a ...