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Despite Absence of Nuke-Armed States, World Celebrates Arrival of Global Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons

Members of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons protest in Sydney, Australia on January 22, 2021. (Photo: Michelle Haywood/ICAN)

Pope Francis Signals 'Historic' Shift for Catholic Church, Publicly Supporting Civil Unions for Same-Sex Couples

Julia Conley, staff writer

The pope won praise for " pushing the Church into the 21st Century."

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In Address on Inequality Amid Pandemic, Pope Calls on Globe to Confront 'Destructive Effects of Empire of Money'

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Anyone who thinks that the only lesson to be learned was the need to improve...

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'Creation Is Groaning!': Pope Francis Denounces Endless Growth, Humanity's Assault on Nature

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

"We are running out of time" to act on the climate emergency, "as our children and young people have reminded us," Pope Francis said in a message Tuesday.

"Climate restoration is of utmost importance, since we are in the midst of a...

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Pope Francis Says Covid-19 Vaccine Must Be 'Universal and for All'—Not Just the Rich and Powerful

Pope Francis leads the Corpus Domini Mass at St. Peter's Basilica on June 14, 2020 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo: Vatican Pool - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

New Vatican Document Urges Fossil Fuel Divestment to Serve Planet and the Common Good

Pope Francis on November 24 lays a wreath in remembrance of the victims of the U.S. nuclear attack on Nagasaki.

'An Affront Crying Out to Heaven': Pope Calls for a World Without Nuclear Weapons

While Warning of Nazi-Like Fascism and Corporate Crimes, Pope Francis Proposes Adding 'Ecological Sin' to Church Teachings

Pope Francis greets Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg, right, during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 17, 2019.

As Category 5 Dorian Devastates, Pope Francis Urges World to Act Fast on Climate Emergency

Secretary-General António Guterres (left) meets with Greta Thunberg, 16-year-old climate activist at the Vienna International Centre on May 27, 2019.

Fossil Fuel Subsidies Mean Using Public Money 'To Destroy the World': UN Chief

A section of the border wall ending in the Pacific Ocean in San Diego–Tijuana.

'Trump's Brand Is Crisis': Progressives, Dems, and Pope Sound Alarm Over Threat to Close Border

There's a Fentanyl Crisis in the United States. Nebraska Is About To Murder Someone With It on Purpose

Reversing Catholic Doctrine, Pope Francis Declares Death Penalty 'Inadmissable' in All Cases

Face-to-Face With Oil Execs, Pope Francis Says Continued Use of Fossil Fuels Will 'Destroy Civilization'

World 'At the Very Edge' of Nuclear War, Warns Pope

Pope Francis Appeals for Peace Amid Conflicts Inflamed by Trump

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High-Level Climate Summit to Launch Action Agenda

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Pope Francis and World Leaders Call for Inclusive Economy

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Pope Francis Must Act Now - Reform on Sexual Abuse is Long Overdue

Jubilee USA Network

Negotiators Struggle for Agreement on Debt and Tax Issues at UN Development Summit

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Pope Francis Calls for UN to Address 'Oppressive' Lending

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Pope’s Blind Spots: * Militarism * Child Sex Abuse

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Robert C. Koehler

The Fury and the Folly: We Need a Vaccine to Stop Endless War

Bishop Thomas Gumbleton

Bishop Thomas Gumbleton Issues Call to Catholics: Let Us End Our Complicity in War

Christopher Brauchli

The Trump and the Pope

Brett Wilkins

Pope to Declare Slain Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero a Saint

Mairead Maguire

Why the Catholic Church Should Abolish the Anti-Christian "Just War" Theory

Don João Mamede Filho

Three Years for Eternity: A Prayer for Climate Action and the Common Good

Bill McKibben

From Faith to Action: Fossil Fuel Divestment More Vital Than Ever

Avi Lewis

'Be Joyful, Though You Have Considered the Facts'

Mike Scahill

Pope Francis Embraced the Most Subversive Voices in Modern American Catholicism

Michael Winship

Who’s the Guy in the White Suit Next to All Those Billionaires?