Pope Francis , for his part, is calling for a radical break with the consumerist lifestyles of rich countries, while focusing ...

Pope Francis's encyclical, Laudato Si', was published almost 10 years ago. This environmental text sought to move the Catholic Church and its concern with the Earth back into a leading role.

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 ...

Pope Francis' Laudato Si' offers a contemporary vision of the whole world being wrapped up in, and expressive of, God's unmerited, ongoing offer of love. Paul Melley offers his own musical compostion ...

Pope Francis is causing quite the stir these days ... His groundbreaking encyclical on climate change, Laudato Sí ("Praise Be to You"), for one, is a stern rebuke to humanity — that includes ...