Pope Francis to Big Oil: Go Green Before It’s Too Late

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jun 11, 2018 The Roman Catholic leader forthrightly reminds oil company CEOs that climate change is a moral issue. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Diseases of Despair

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 3, 2017 Individual Americans and their society are suffering a deep malaise rooted in lack of opportunity, hopelessness and capitalist exploitation. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Pope Francis Tells Trump That Climate Change Is Real and Solidarity Is Key

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment May 25, 2017 The pontiff gave the president a going-away present at their meeting Wednesday—a copy of his encyclical on the challenge of climate change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pope Francis: To Address ‘Grave Environmental Crisis,’ Build Social Justice

By Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams Nov 26, 2015 "In effect, there is a clear link between the protection of nature and the building of a just and equitable social order," the pontiff said at the start of his first visit to Africa. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Pope Francis

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jun 22, 2015 His extraordinary call for saving the ecosystem has resonated with the global community. The question now is: Will Earth’s people, both ordinary and powerful, act on his message to prevent the planet from becoming a “pile of filth”? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Catholic Climate

Steve Sack, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Cagle Cartoons Jun 20, 2015 Dig deeper

What Do the Pope and ‘The Martian’ Have in Common?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jun 18, 2015 The science fiction film starring Matt Damon is a timely cautionary tale for us fellow travelers on Spaceship Earth. Pope Francis gets it, as his climate change encyclical shows. Will the rest of us? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Pope Blasts Atheism in New Encyclical

Staff / Truthdig Dec 1, 2007 Atheist authors Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris have some new material to work with, thanks to the latest official release from Pope Benedict XVI, who critiqued the work of Karl Marx, warned against excessive faith in scientific progress and condemned atheism, which he believes has led to some of the "greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice" in recent history. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )