The modern tradition of Catholic social teaching (CST) — the toolbox of principles the church calls us to draw upon to build the just social order — was instigated by Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903). We now have a new pope, Leo XIV, who is reminding us of this corpus of teaching as a resource as the world is torn by war and faces the challenge of a new digital industrial revolution.
Jason Adkins: Catholic social teaching is for everyone
Creation and Pope Francis’ clarion call: Understanding our roles in being good stewards
There is no more fervent advocate calling for the protection and caring of the earth than the pope.
Pope confirms ‘second Laudato Si” will be an apostolic exhortation
Pope Francis confirmed plans to publish a “second Laudato Si’,” which is expected to update and expand on his 2015 encyclical on the environment.
Obispo Neary: Creación: ‘Y vio Dios que aera bueno’
El cuidado por la creación resuena en muchos en nuestra diócesis — que Dios nos ayude a sentirnos íntimamente unidos con todo lo que existe como administradores de su creación.
Christ Our Light en Princeton/Zimmerman cultiva un nuevo campus cuidando la creación y hermoso
Con un paisaje de pradera nativo, la parroquia cultiva un nuevo campus cuidando la creación y hermoso.
Christ Our Light Parish cultivates a mindful, yet beautiful new campus
Developing their native prairie landscape, the Princeton/Zimmerman parish cultivates a mindful, yet beautiful new campus.
Despite new EPA rule to reduce toxic pollution, Catholic activist says fight to protect communities far from over
Sharon Lavigne has been called a modern-day Moses. But the perhaps unlikely environmental prophet — a 71-year-old retired special education teacher — doesn’t want to lead her neighbors out of St. James Parish, Louisiana. She said she just wants area industries — which lie in the 85-mile corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans ruefully nicknamed “Cancer Alley” — to stop poisoning them. So in 2018, Lavigne — a lifelong resident of St. James Parish and a member of St. James Church, a predominantly Black Catholic parish in the Diocese of Baton Rouge with a 250-year history — founded a faith-based environmental advocacy group, Rise St. James.
Vatican marks ecology saint’s feast day with film premiere, climate accords
The documentary, “The Letter: A Message For Our Earth,” is presented by YouTube Originals and was made in partnership with the Laudato Si’ Movement and the Vatican.