Paris Agreement pledges alone won't reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Vatican can respond with an initiative based on the work of the Laudato Si' Action Platform and the competencies of Catholic universities.
Too often, contemporary Christians envision faith as an escape from the world. St. Patrick shows us through his life and his prayer-song "The Deer's Cry" that salvation is actually found at the heart of the world.
In Botticelli's painting, Jesus as an infant holds up for us the promise of a forthcoming sweetness in the symbol of the pomegranate. Will we receive it, or will we look away?
Indigenous land reclamation is happening in many ways. Still lacking in the Catholic Church, however, is a truly systemic approach. Part of the solution could be reconfiguring the U.S. bishops' Black and Indian Mission Office.
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.
Forests are at the heart of U.S. climate resilience and are among our most effective climate solutions. The proposed forest plan amendment could better protect these forests if the final amendment stops commercial logging of old growth.
