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Climate activists, including religious leaders, demonstrate at the COP27 U.N. climate summit on Nov. 11, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, calling for increased funding for climate action. (NCR photo/Doreen Ajiambo)

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Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, chair of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace, speaks about the upcoming 10-year anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home" during a Nov. 13 session of the 2024 fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. (OSV News/Bob Roller)

Faith

US bishops discuss Laudato Si' for first time in nearly a decade

Sundays spent in nature and a return of year-round meatless Fridays were a few of the ideas floated Nov. 13 at the U.S. bishops' meeting as ways to mark the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical on ecology.

Brian Roewe

Damaged school buildings affected by the Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano eruption are seen in Flores Timur, Indonesia, Nov. 4, 2024. At least 10 people, including a Catholic nun, have been killed in the volcanic eruption on Indonesia's predominantly Catholic Flores Island. (OSV News photo/Pemulet Paul, Antara Foto via Reuters)

Science

Catholic nun among 10 killed in Indonesian volcano eruption

Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki in south Asian country spewed ash and lava Nov. 3, peppering the surrounding areas with fireballs.

Politics

Reeling from climate disasters, African nations await loss and damage fund

Zambia and other African nations are grappling with an extreme drought, worsened by the effects of climate change. One possible funding source Zambia has waited to access is the loss and damage fund, established in 2022 under the United Nations.

Doreen Ajiambo

Justice

As COP29 begins, some voice concerns over religious freedom in host country Azerbaijan

The host country for the annual summit has come under international scrutiny for human rights and religious freedom violations, leading some activists to question why there has not been more pushback from the global climate advocates, including faith organizations.

Mary Beth Keenan's daughter touches daffodils in their yard. (Courtesy of Mary Beth Keenan)

Small Earth Stories

Faith and a forest preschool help our family care for creation

Mary Beth Keenan

After "Bluey," the Holy Spirit and Google led this mom to enroll her 3-year-old in a forest school, her whole family learned more about caring for creation and cultivating community — with human and nonhuman friends.

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