Daniel R. DiLeo

Daniel R. DiLeo is a moral theologian, associate professor, and director of the Justice and Peace Studies Program at Creighton University. He specializes in Catholic social teaching and climate change and has been a consultant with Catholic Climate Covenant since 2009.

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Windmill turbines are seen in this illustration photo. Since the U.S. church owns nearly 100,000 buildings, Catholic decarbonization could shift local energy markets and show society the morality of decarbonization. (CNS/Reuters/Pascal Rossignol)

Feb 19, 2024

Every bishop should decarbonize his diocese — and other Catholics can help

The near-total lack of U.S. Catholic decarbonization commitments is a failure to live the church's evangelical mission. It is a social sin of omission that compromises moral commitments, including to protect human life.

A leaf sits on top of a pile of coal in this illustration photo. (CNS/Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)

Dec 15, 2023

Catholic teaching and US bishops' investment guidelines demand divestment. CTSA shows how.

Those utilizing the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' socially responsible investment guidelines must consider divestment from fossil fuels. The Catholic Theological Society of America shows the way.

Miami Auxiliary Bishop Peter Baldacchino sits with fellow members of the the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops during a session at the USCCB's annual fall meeting in Baltimore, on Nov. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Oct 19, 2021

Study: Most US Catholic bishops kept silent on Francis' climate change push

In more than 12,000 columns by U.S. bishops between 2014 and 2019 — the period directly before and after the publication of Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home" — only 93 mentioned climate change, global warming or their equivalent at all.

Mar 22, 2021

Predicting how US bishops' conference will treat Biden, based on their criticism of Obama and Trump

Commentary: Our research about the disparities in how the bishops' conference publicly discussed Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama leads us to anticipate that church leaders may be more overtly critical and less overtly praising of Biden moving forward.

Jun 18, 2015