(RNS) — Pope Francis put the Catholic Church on the side of the environmental movement by embracing science and our responsibility for global warming.

"We must pray for the conversion of many people, inside and outside of the church, who still do not recognize the urgency of ...

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The next phase in the life of Laudato Si', the decade-old encyclical on ecology, will not be defined by its author, Pope Francis, but instead will rely on others across the Catholic Church ...

Pope Leo XIV hopes that “everyone will be able to enjoy some vacation time in order to restore both body and spirit.” ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass “for the care of creation” after the Vatican ...

These are prayers and readings, inserted in this new mass, that respond to the requests suggested by Pope Francis' Laudato si' that have emerged in recent years from Churches around the world.

Millions of people around the world were stunned when Pope Leo XIV was elected earlier this year as the first American-born pontiff, but one Vatican correspondent was not. Christopher White was one of ...

On June 18, Pope Francis issued a world-wide encyclical on ecology, environmental destruction, and climate change. The highly anticipated document, intended to spur reflection and action among the ...

We should pray for the conversion of many people, in and outside of the Church, who still do not recognize the urgency of ...

On Wednesday, 9 July , 2025, Pope Leo XIV will celebrate the first 'Mass for the Care of Creation', with a new formulary of ...

The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the ...