Pope Francis' Laudato Si' offers a contemporary vision of the whole world being wrapped up in, and expressive of, God's unmerited, ongoing offer of love. Paul Melley offers his own musical compostion ...

Perhaps it is no accident that, after opening his encyclical letter “Laudato Si’” with a quote from St. Francis of Assisi’s famous Canticle of the Creatures, Pope Francis cites Pope St. John XXIII’s ...

Last week the Vatican celebrated “Laudato Si Week” to coincide with the worldwide observance of the centennial of the birth of St. John Paul the Great. This week, for the fifth anniversary of Pope ...

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 ...

Mark Dave Mortiga, 7, jumps a gap in a walkway along the sea in Tacloban, Philippines, Oct. 24. Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos continued to live in tent camps or substandard housing, waiting for ...

MANILA, Philippines — It is revealing—and perhaps poetically fitting—that Pope Francis passed away just two months shy of the 10th anniversary of “Laudato Si,” his landmark 2015 encyclical that ...

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 his general ...