Digging into Laudato Si': As you read the encyclical's introduction, consider how St. Francis lived his life and the inspiration Pope Francis draws from him. Enter your email address and select any of ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said Wednesday he will release a follow-up environmental document to the 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’ on Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. Speaking at the end of ...

COMMENTARY: If ‘everything is connected,’ we cannot uphold the Holy Father’s teaching on respecting the integrity of creation while rejecting the givenness of our sexually-differentiated bodies. Pope ...

This year, we mark the 10th anniversary of one of Pope Francis’ most widely read works, “Laudato Si’, On Care for Our Common Home.” Some call the encyclical one of the most profound contributions to ...

As we mark the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis' historic encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for our Common Home" this week, I have been reflecting on the importance of place. Over the last decade, a ...

Conservative Catholics are working overtime to downplay the radical nature of Laudato si, the pope’s encyclical that offers a sweeping condemnation of the free-market, libertarian Catholicism that has ...

SYLVANIA, Ohio (WTVG) - A new solar energy project is coming to Sylvania. The Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, Ohio, are teaming up with Elevated Energy to create the $5 million project. 13 Action ...

A week after publication, the meme that is settling in to soften the message of Laudato Si’ is that Pope Francis’ ecological encyclical is not political. Thus, the Iowa Catholic Conference describes ...

Pope Francis takes the title of his encyclical “Laudato Si’” from a hymn of praise written by Francis of Assisi. He speaks in rhapsodic terms of the God of creation and ends with a mystical prayer.