Barbara Fraser

Pope Francis' message of care for environment, defense of Indigenous people's rights is more urgent than ever on eve of COP26.

If prices of goods and services included their real environmental and social costs, would that turn our 'throwaway culture' into one that reduces, reuses and repairs?

The miniscule grains of Sahara sand have an outsize impact on the planet.

A new study shows that children born in 2020 and beyond — especially in low-income countries — will experience far more extreme weather than their parents or grandparents

As November U.N. climate conference approaches, the world's nations remain far from the commitments needed to stave off the worst impacts of climate change.

Thousands of Catholics throughout Latin America and the Caribbean have been participating in a "listening" process that leads up to a regionwide ecclesial assembly Nov. 21-28 in Mexico City. The pope calls the assembly "a meeting of the people of God."

The Sierra Club honored Molly Burhans, founder of the nonprofit GoodLands, with its annual national EarthCare award. Burhans says it validates the importance of science-based maps for making the social and economic decisions needed to address climate change. 

Some people suffer through drought while others risk their lives to defend forests and rivers — a reminder that things like water can't be taken for granted.

As criminal groups, land grabbers and large-scale projects attempt to seize land around the world, people who defend their territory risk threats, displacement and even murder.

In joint message, Pope Francis, Patriarch Bartholomew and the archbishop of Canterbury say we must act individually and as churches, communities and nations.

As Season of Creation begins, wildfires and severe storms point to the urgency of stopping the global temperature rise while planning for increasing impacts of extreme weather.  

The Season of Creation offers us a chance to reflect and act to restore our relationship with our common home.

From fossil fuel pipelines that cross lands sacred to Indigenous peoples to low-income neighborhoods and communities of color battered by flooding, inequities become starker in a warming world.

The greatest changes are needed in countries that consume the most, and religious leaders say faith communities have a key role to play.

A future of rising temperatures and extreme weather is unavoidable, according to a new report on climate change by an international panel of scientists. But the direst outlooks can still be averted, the experts said.

Although renewable energy use is increasing, scientists say the world's countries must take stronger action more quickly to stave off the worst impacts of global warming.

Book review: "The Water Defenders " follows grassroots opposition to opening a polluting gold mine, from the hills of El Salvador, to the halls of the World Bank, to a similarly threatened community in the Philippines.

The COVID-19 pandemic and weather-related disasters underscore our interconnectedness and the need for a different relationship with creation.

While millions worldwide are at risk of going hungry, the food system "is rigged — it has to change," says one Catholic agroecology expert. "The objective is not the market. The objective is that people can live without hunger."

In many parts of the Amazon, lay leaders weave the fabric of Catholic communities together.