EarthBeat

25/07/2024

Environmental activists, including Catholic and other faith-based leaders, applauded President Joe Biden's "monumental" impact on climate policy and environmental protections, though some noted ways he fell short.

24/07/2024

Current estimates on AI's energy usage and subsequent environmental impacts paint a concerning picture — one that Pope Francis has painted in Laudate Deum.

23/07/2024

A look at Kamala Harris' record on clean energy, climate diplomacy, and environmental justice in California, the Senate and the White House.

20/07/2024

As many in our church gather this week as part of the National Eucharistic Revival, explore how your senses allow you to "taste and see that the Lord is good.''

18/07/2024

In Brazil, the forced removal of vulnerable people from privately owned land has created a role for Catholic priests as mediators between landowners and beleaguered communities.

17/07/2024

The constellation of power embodied in the golden calves can help to fill one of the biggest vacuums in Eucharist devotion today. There is endless talk of "the power of the Eucharist," but what does that actually mean? Damian Costello reflects.

The constellation of power embodied in the golden calves can help to fill one of the biggest vacuums in Eucharist devotion today. There is endless talk of "the power of the Eucharist," but what does that actually mean?

16/07/2024

Water shortages in the Mojave Desert, increased utility rates and a hotter climate each year led this couple to convert their once lush and green lawn into a new, xeric landscape of rocks and native plants.

13/07/2024

The same factors that have caused a crisis in the homeowner's insurance market are also affecting churches, who have to choose between paying for insurance or running programs.

12/07/2024

After posting on Facebook about his new electrical vehicle, Bishop Edward Weisenburger of the Diocese of Tucson, Arizona, received both praise and skepticism.

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09/07/2024

In the Eucharist, we not only drink the blood of the Lamb that takes away the sin of the world, but also the blood of the Ox who raises us to heaven and returns us to Eden.

09/07/2024

Mayreu is one of the smallest inhabited islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It's so small that it's barely visible — a dot on the map of the Caribbean. Hurricane Beryl nearly erased it from the map.

08/07/2024

Beryl was the second named storm of the 2024 hurricane season and had major impacts on Jamaica and the Cayman Islands as it headed to Mexico before making an expected landfall in the United States.

In his first public address since Hurricane Beryl visited the Caribbean's Lesser Antilles region as the earliest formed Category 5 hurricane on record, the bishop of St. George's in Grenada took to social media to offer a spiritual message of hope and resilience following the July 1 landfall there.

03/07/2024

In his native Argentina, Pope Francis' vision of "a poor church, for the poor" is a reality.

"The Holy See may have one of the smallest delegations," writes John Leo Algo, "but it has the potential to make the biggest long-term impact in future climate negotiations, given its unique context."

01/07/2024

The prophetic insights that we channel into climate scapegoating the fossil fuel industry are better placed speaking to a new vision of what could be. Let us Catholics shine a light on a more positive path.

28/06/2024

Experts say thunderstorm-related deaths are increasing in Bangladesh due to changing weather patterns, more lightning, and deforestation that has cut down tall trees that could absorb the impact of strikes.

26/06/2024

"To pray with creation also means to pray with our bodies — temples of the Holy Spirit, created in the image of God as both corporeal and spiritual," writes Christina Leaño.

25/06/2024

The coastal Nigerian community of Ayetoro was founded decades ago and nicknamed "Happy City," meant to be a Christian utopia that would be sinless and classless. But now its remaining residents can do little against the rising sea.

12/06/2024

The Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans have caught the attention of Pope Francis for a planned community solar project. An estimated 350 neighbors could lower their bills through a subscription to the solar grid.

11/06/2024

Spring and summer are gardening time for many of us in the United States. I love this annual ritual of planting tiny seeds in the ground and watching what emerges. It reminds me that miracles are constantly happening all around us.

Investing in international climate assistance is fundamentally about justice.

07/06/2024

Mosquitoes are moving into the mountains of Papua New Guinea and other highland areas. That could be a death sentence for pregnant people.

06/06/2024

A couple spent years and tens of thousands of dollars trying to have a baby. Then Hurricane Ian hit.

05/06/2024

The first step in contemplation is to pause. By pausing, we make space to connect with God in the moment.

04/06/2024

Women in Bangladesh are confronting the dangerous health effects of consuming salty water. They won't be the last.

03/06/2024

Religions can make contributions to environmental care by inspiring their members to recognize their common responsibility for the Earth and take action to conserve and maintain natural resources for future generations, said one speaker.

31/05/2024

An ecumenical gathering marked the installation of the "Chicagoland Christians United for the Care of Creation Declaration" within Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral on May 18.

29/05/2024

The Diocese of Gweru has responded to the Zimbabwe government's call for more irrigated lands by reconstructing a dam in the country's low rainfall Midlands province to revive agriculture projects there.

28/05/2024

Thomas Aquinas College in California announced recently that it had gained energy independence from the California power grid, marking a landmark in the use of alternative energy resources in higher education.

27/05/2024

During a simple interdenominational prayer service, themed "Becoming seeds of hope," retirement village residents collected, shared and planted seeds to give joy and hope in the weeks to come.

24/05/2024

Susana Réfega, executive director of the Laudato Si' Movement, discusses acting on Pope Francis' call for the church to engage challenges facing the world today, primarily climate change and threats to biodiversity.

20/05/2024

How can contemplation help us cultivate that interior peace that can be the foundation for right-relationship with ourselves, our God and each other, including creation?