It has been another busy year for faith and climate journalism, with Pope Francis himself gracing the headlines of six of EarthBeat's 10 most-read news stories. That's largely due to the announcement ...

For the Most Recent in 'The Best in Catholic Blogging' click on ☩ Big Pulpit ☩. Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope ...

Pope Francis' latest plea to urgently address global warming and climate change is being hailed by Catholic ecological advocates as "a great call to action." On Oct. 4, the pope released his apostolic ...

Church leaders, environmental activists, and Catholic groups around the world responded positively this week to Pope Francis’ latest apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum, what the Holy Father billed as ...

In the midst of a busy week, Pope Francis used 4 October, the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, to publish a new Apostolic Exhortation, titled Laudate Deum (“Praise God”). The exhortation, which is ...

On Oct. 4, 2023, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Francis released his apostolic exhortation “Laudate Deum” (“Praise God”), a follow up to “Laudato Si’.” The highly anticipated text draws on ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis blasted the wealthy few who exploit the environment to the detriment of the poor people in society. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis published a follow-up to his ...

One hundred million people worldwide now have Calm on their smartphones, a meditation app that monetized doing absolutely nothing. The app’s popularity skyrocketed during the pandemic, as anxieties ...

COMMENTARY: It is essential that this exhortation, which is a different kind of papal document, be read together with the Holy Father’s 2015 encyclical. The environmental exhortation by Pope Francis ...

Atop one of the highest hills in the Vatican Gardens, surrounded by green lawns, rose trellises, butterflies and green parrots, a panel of activists and a Nobel-prize-winning physicist gathered to ...