Brian Roewe

The Church of England has announced it will cease investments in Shell, BP, ExxonMobil and other top oil and gas companies after concluding all are out of step with worldwide efforts to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Christiana Figueres, the United Nations official who brokered the 2015 Paris Agreement, , outlines the moral, technological and economic imperatives to commit to net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.

When a Catholic urban planner noticed D.C. church properties weren't living up to their sustainability potential, he helped start Laudato Trees, a collaborative program to address the climate needs of city and church.

Organized by Teens4Unity, the youth branch of the Focolare Movement, this year's Run4Unity event emphasized ecological conservation inviting groups to exchange their kilometers and minutes for newly planted trees.

More than 31% of Citigroup shareholders supported a resolution brought by Catholic congregations that called for a review of the bank's financing policies around climate change and Indigenous rights. The vote took place April 25.

St. Anthony Parish's solar panel project also served as a first step toward flipping the switch on a wider effort to electrify the entire Sacramento Diocese in living out the message of Laudato Si'.

Thirteen Catholic institutions are among 31 faith organizations to announce they are ending financial investments in fossil fuels for the sake of the planet. No U.S. dioceses have publicly divested.

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace are taking on Citigroup in a shareholder resolution after the global bank provided billions of dollars to a major oil company with a lengthy track record of spills.

The time of delayed action on climate change must end, a coalition of Catholic groups said in a message to governments in response to the latest major report from the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Christians with Operation Noah called on 40 U.K. dioceses to give up their fossil fuel financial holdings for Lent. As the liturgical season nears its end, it turns out some of the climate group's prayers have been answered.

The Biden administration's approval this week of a massive oil drilling project in northern Alaska amounts to "a betrayal" of the president's pledges on climate change and endangers Arctic communities with pollution, said faith-based organizations who joined environmental and Indigenous groups in condemning the decision.

As part of Catholic Sisters Week 2023, the congregation has been sharing examples of their ecological sustainability practices on social media as well as eco-centered prayers and suggestions for ways everyone can live in greater harmony with the rest of creation.

Vatican official Cardinal Michael Czerny told a Gonzaga University audience that colleges need to become again "hotbeds of critical thinking and incubators of radical action" — inspired by Pope Francis' encyclicals.

The first pope to select as his namesake the patron saint of ecology, Pope Francis has emphasized concern for creation as a priority of the Catholic Church, and made ecology a central theme of his papacy.

Tomás Insua, leader and co-founder of the Laudato Si' Movement, will step down as executive director later this year. Insua announced his forthcoming departure in a letter Feb. 18, but added he will remain in the Catholic ecological movement in other roles.

The Vatican and the Stockholm Environment Institute have released "Our Common Home" a digital and print resource to help Catholic communities respond to Pope Francis' calls to develop a more sustainable future.

During COP15 two new guides were issued to support faith communities who want to join larger efforts to protect the world's ecosystems through reforesting and facilitating conversations around environmental restoration.

Under a conservation easement with the Bluegrass Land Conservancy, the land surrounding the Loretto Sisters' motherhouse — farmland, forest, native grasses, lakes and creeks — will be protected and preserved permanently.

The EPA's new proposed limits on soot pollution are a step forward for air quality but fall short of what's needed to save more lives, say faith groups, public health officials and environmental justice advocates.

U.S. Catholic institutions are finding creative ways to repurpose aging infrastructure, rather than demolish and rebuild. Many have grounded their plans in Catholic teaching, such as Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si'.