Environment

Fr. David Misbrener, pastor of parishes in East Palestine and Columbiana, Ohio, said he and his parishioners are deeply concerned about the long-term environmental impact of a train derailment Feb. 3 that resulted in the spillage and burning of hazardous materials.

An event Dec. 8, titled Faith Voices Raising Ambition for a Strong Global Biodiversity Framework, marked the first time that faith-based organizations held an official side event at a U.N. biodiversity conference. Faith groups hope to raise their moral voices and contribute to implementation strategies at COP15 in Montreal.

Catholic bishops from four dioceses in the southern Philippines have called on the country's lawmakers to draft a law to impose a ban on mining across the entire Mindanao region.

As world leaders gathered at COP27, the U.N. climate conference, to figure out how to deal with climate change, faith organizations found their voices through protests.

At a major interreligious summit, both Pope Francis and the grand imam of Al Azhar, Sunni Islam's top cleric, called on faith leaders to join forces in the fight against climate change. Here are five notable quotes.

Francis, the comic strip: Can we go find some tranquility on the moon?

Fr. Daniel Horan: Too often, we humans live as if everything is about us and all nonhuman creation is for us to do with as we please. But more of us are beginning to explore of the idea of nonhuman animal personhood.

Five months after enrollment opened, the Laudato Si' Action Platform and its organizers remain focused on building bottom-up momentum to deliver a Catholic contribution to efforts to combat climate change.