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 ...

Explore Laudato Si', Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment, with this complimentary guide from Jesuit Fr. Tom Reese. To access the guide, sign up for the EarthBeat Weekly e-newsletter.

"I believe that given the crises we face today we have a responsibility to play our part and lead where we can. … I feel this ...

Walker Percy, Lost in the Cosmos When, in the final chapter of his much-discussed encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis calls for an ecological education, this might seem to be an afterthought ...

The tenth anniversary of Laudato Si’ offers faith communities the opportunity ... of St Francis of Assisi and its inspiration for the encyclical, he said the pontiff underlines the need to ...

In the encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis calls us to attend to this dynamic—the destabilization and instrumentalization of our natural world and oppression of those most vulnerable, within a ...

I admit, I have been unable to finish reading the big papal encyclical on the environment and climate change. So if the tone or argument changes radically part-way through, forgive me for getting ...