Brian Roewe

The Adorers of the Blood of Christ, who tried to stop a natural gas pipeline from crossing their land by building a chapel, are now seeking damages in court from the energy company that constructed it.

Faith leaders described the struggles facing Texans because of the freeze: Temperatures in homes hovering at 30 degrees. Elderly people unable to use dialysis machines. A 76-year-old sleeping in her car for warmth.

Fr. Emmet Farrell developed daily Lenten reflections to help Catholics better understand climate change as one of the world's most pressing moral issues. EarthBeat will publish them three days a week.

Native tribes and faith leaders are together calling on President Joe Biden to intervene in the ongoing construction of Enbridge Energy's long-contested Line 3 pipeline in northern Minnesota.

How are Catholics and other faith communities addressing issues related to climate change and environmental justice? The annual Catholic Social Ministry Gathering shared some answers, countering with the Gospel the "doom-and-gloom" narrative that often frames the issues.

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church raised $5,000 to plant the trees in Kenya, as part of a continuing commitment to environmental stewardship and a newfound fellowship in faith with farmers an ocean away.

In three sweeping executive actions, President Joe Biden set in motion his ambitious climate agenda, directing the federal government to freeze new public oil and natural gas leases, make climate a national security priority and embed environmental justice throughout the executive branch.

A new pastoral guidebook provides a roadmap for pastors, parishes and dioceses to ingrain Pope Francis' encyclical, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," into their liturgies and the life of their church.

After being sworn in, President Joe Biden signed the instrument for the U.S. to reenter the Paris Agreement. He signed an executive order that revokes the presidential permit for building the Keystone XL pipeline and directs reviews of environment-related executive actions taken by the Trump administration.

Joe Biden's Cabinet has embedded backgrounds in environmental issues throughout its ranks. Faith-based organizations say these prior records raise optimism about the federal response to climate change.

In the U.S., 2021 will mean a new president making up for four years of environmental deregulation under Trump. Globally, it means making up for missed Paris Agreement deadlines delayed by the pandemic.

After two-year student campaign, Creighton is fourth U.S. Catholic university to make public its plan to end coal, oil, gas investment.

EarthBeat talks with Karenna Gore, founder and director of the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary, in New York City, and James Patton, International Center for Religion & Diplomacy president and CEO, about the critical role religious communities play in mitigating and resolving violent conflict stemming from rising global temperatures.

Two dozen Boston College alumni and supporting groups asked the state attorney general to investigate the school's investment practices related to fossil fuels and possibly compel the school to end them.

Loyola University Chicago unveiled Dec. 14 its new School of Environmental Sustainability, the first environmental sustainability school in the global Jesuit academic network.

The five-year mark for the Paris Agreement is no time to rejoice, but rather recognize "we're not doing well" in achieving its goals to curb greenhouse gas emissions and limit global climate change, top Vatican officials said this week.

On the final day of the Economy of Francesco conference, Pope Francis encouraged participants to respond to "the urgent need for a different economic narrative," while the young adults attending laid out their own ideas for what that vision is.

More than 2,000 young economists and entrepreneurs from 120 countries are meeting to formulate a new economic vision that deemphasizes growth and profit and prioritizes justice, equity and caring for the poor and the common planetary home.

For the second time in 2020, more than 40 faith-based organizations committed to avoiding investments in fossil fuels, pushing the number of Catholic groups making such public pledges to over 200.

As the public sifted through the dense and detailed document on ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, abuse survivors and their advocates called it an important moment that must lead to further action and investigations.