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As part of the Pope Francis-led effort to make ecological care a priority for the global Church, dioceses across the U.S. are setting ambitious goals.

Laudato Si’ has had a major effect on Catholic environmental awareness around the world and in the U.S.

Following goals laid out by Laudato Si, a new “Care for Creation” ministry in the Archdiocese of Seattle will aim to educate local Catholics about the environment, and inspire them to act to protect it both at home and in their communities.

The inhospitable Darién jungle has for years become an unavoidable route for hundreds of thousands of migrants who want to reach the United States.

We who celebrate Easter are those who have died and risen with our Lord. The reality of life-giving sacrificial love is at the core of our 2,000-plus...

The Vatican marked the start of Holy Week with its seventh and final Maupal vignette, capping off a unique Lenten art campaign.

Bishop Hiiboro Kussala painted a grim picture of the situation of women, girls, and children in the world’s newest and youngest country, which gained independ...

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Dr. Stephen Alathara said, "The urgency of integrating the Catholic Church's teachings on social justice into everyday life."

‘Everyone, everyone,” Pope Francis said in Lisbon at the 2023 World Youth Day in August, and repeated on numerous other occasions to reiterate the principle of welcome at the heart of the Church’s pastoral mission. Likewise, he said it to describe spontaneous blessings of individuals who are in so-called “irregular”…