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Pope Francis

‘The Earth Loses a Defender’: Pope Francis Fought for the Poor and the Planet

A leader on climate action, Francis will be remembered as an ally to Indigenous, poor and working people.

By Kiley Bense

Pope Francis arrives for the welcoming ceremony of a World Youth Day gathering in Lisbon, where he urged young Catholics to focus on caring for the planet and fighting climate change, on Aug. 3, 2023. Credit: Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images
University of Notre Dame’s lease of mineral rights grants Warrior Met the legal ability to mine coal in rural Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

The Pope Led Notre Dame Toward Decarbonization. He Hasn’t Influenced the School’s Alabama Coal Investment

By Lee Hedgepeth

Earlier this month, Pope Francis met with Giorgio Parisi, 2021 Nobel Prize winner in physics, at the Vatican after issuing “Laudate Deum,” his exhortation on climate change. Credit: Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images.

Q&A: The Pope’s New Document on Climate Change Is a ‘Throwdown’ Call for Action

Interview by Paloma Beltran, “Living on Earth”

Pope Francis. Credit: Franco Origlia/Getty Images

Religious Leaders May Be Key to Breaking Climate Action Gridlock, Poll Suggests

By Kristoffer Tigue

In a new papal exhortation on climate change issued in advance of the upcoming U.N. climate talks in the United Arab Emirates, Pope Francis challenged U.N. negotiators to strengthen the agreement they reached in Paris in 2015, to include “binding forms of energy transition that meet three conditions: that they be efficient, obligatory and readily monitored.” Credit: Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images.

Pope Francis: ‘Irresponsible’ Western Lifestyles Push the World to ‘the Breaking Point’ on Climate

By James Bruggers

Pope Francis addresses the meeting "Faith and Science: Towards COP26" on Oct. 4, 2021 in The Vatican, sending an appeal to participants in the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, scheduled from November 1 to 12 in Glasgow, Scotland. Credit: Alessandro Di Meo/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Catholic Bishops in the US Largely Ignore the Pope’s Concern About Climate Change, a New Study Finds

By James Bruggers

Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington will soon be the first African American Catholic cardinal. Credit: Oliver Contreras/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The First African American Cardinal Is a Climate Change Leader

By James Bruggers

Pope Francis delivers his blessing from the window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican during the Sunday Angelus prayer earlier this month. Credit: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty

Five Years After Speaking Out on Climate Change, Pope Francis Sounds an Urgent Alarm

By James Bruggers

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