Pope Francis's 2020 encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, was a much-needed call for us to embrace the local and the unchosen.

NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...

Welcomed by some and rejected by others, Laudato Si’ emerged as one of the most important documents of Francis’ pontificate.

Laudato Si, meaning "praise be to you," addresses the environmental crisis as both a social and environmental issue. The author reflects on Pope Francis's legacy, including his focus on the poor and ...

Pope Francis, who chose his papal name after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ...

Pope Francis was quick to grasp the risks posed by climate change. But his tenure showed humanity’s limits in confronting the ...

Pope Francis advocated for Indigenous environmental defenders, many of whom have been inspired to act by their strong faith.

In his first encyclical letter Lumen Fidei, Pope Francis said faith in Jesus Christ helps one to joyfully live life 'on wings ...

In 2023, Francis published Laudate Deum, a short follow up to Laudato Si’. At the same time as he urged the world to act, he ...

Animals everywhere have lost a true champion with his passing.

In word, gesture and deed, Pope Francis consistently reached out to those on the edges – the poor, the disenfranchised, ...

In his landmark 2015 encyclical “Praised Be,” Pope Francis cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral ...