Barbara Fraser

The 83-year-old Jesuit Fr. Stan Swamy has been imprisoned in India on accusations of terrorism, but church and human rights leaders say he has been targeted because of his defense of indigenous people.

Region struggles with flooding, plague of locusts, coronavirus pandemic and 'economic meltdown'

Electricity generation and food account for nearly half of greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans

One year after the start of the Synod for the Amazon, the coronavirus pandemic heightens threats to indigenous peoples

 

COVID-19 has made the "cry of the Amazon" clearer, even as it has drastically altered post-synod activities. Some meetings have happened virtually — not the same as in person, but the process is slowly advancing.

As the Season of Creation closes, we take stock of our relationship with all of our fellow travelers on this planet, human and non-human alike

Climate change made a surprise appearance at the presidential debate on Tuesday night, for the first time since 2008, though it was not on the list of questions initially planned by moderator Chris Wallace.

Climate change is not "belief," but fact, and our values should shape our response

The pope's embrace of St. Francis' ecological ethic is part of a long history in the Latin American church

 

In cities and rural areas worldwide, the lives of many people — especially women and children — revolve around fetching water, but often that water is not safe to drink.

Partisan differences were on display at the Democratic and Republican conventions, but climate change doesn't play politics.

 

If we need another reminder of what a warmer future could mean for the world, we have only to look out West, where California appears to be heading for another fierce fire season.

As the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc in the Americas, original peoples — especially semi-nomadic groups — face the greatest risk, from both disease and illegal invasion of their lands.

Extreme weather, the coronavirus pandemic and pollution around seaports disproportionately affect on people of color.

Catholic leaders warn that as the coronavirus pandemic spreads into the Amazon basin, the region may face a "humanitarian and environmental tragedy."

As the COVID-19 pandemic increasingly exposes fault lines between the rich and poor, the eight bishops of Peru's Amazonian region have urged the government to pay particular attention to the needs of indigenous people.

Hospitals and funeral homes in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city, are overwhelmed by the rising number of COVID-19 cases and deaths, said Archbishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera.

As the coronavirus spreads through South America, Catholic Church leaders are calling urgently for governments to protect indigenous people.