Pope Leo XIV will travel on Saturday (March 28) from Vatican City, the world’s smallest country, to Monaco, the second smallest — linking two Catholic states whose global influence far exceeds their size.
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Legacy of ‘green’ papal teaching to take root at Vatican ecology center
Extending the legacy of his predecessors who championed environmental responsibility as a core tenet of Catholic social teaching, Pope Leo XIV on Friday (Sept. 5) will inaugurate a new center for integral ecology on Vatican-owned property south of Rome.
Karenna Gore follows her own path in faith and the environment
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Sorry, Jeremiah, but our children’s (and grandchildren’s) teeth ARE set on edge
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‘You had a future and so should we’: practical steps for climate justice
Yes, the environmental picture is bleak, and we need to know just how dire the situation is. But as people of faith, we are never without hope.