We can no longer pretend that the problems are far away. Rather, we need to thrust our arms into the freezing water of the proverbial melting glacier and let it wake us up to the signs of the present moment.
The second global #FridaysForFuture climate strike, following the first in March that drew 1.4 million people, will include a growing number of young Catholics.
On Ash Wednesday, Genesis Butler, who had challenged Francis to adopt a vegan lifestyle during Lent, shared a letter of thanks she received on behalf of the pope.
The Peace Pulpit: What is God's main message and one that we need especially to hear in our time? It's a message about God is love; where there is love, there is God.
From Where I Stand: To address climate change, nothing much can happen to the world around us until something happens within us that is beyond money and power, that seeks global harmony.
Eco Catholic: The cries of the suffering remind us that we cannot rest on our laurels. In our home of Oceania, rising seas driven by climate change threaten our very existence.
The Irish bishops' conference announced Aug. 24 that the divestment process will remove from its financial holdings the top 200 oil and gas companies within a five-year period.
Book Review: In her splendid new book, Creation and the Cross, theologian St. Joseph Sr. Elizabeth Johnson takes on the notion that salvation is an exclusively human matter, having nothing to do with the rest of creation.
Eco Catholic: This precious human birth is unrepeatable. What will you do today, knowing that you are one of the rarest forms of life to ever walk the Earth?