Michael Wright is a father of three, a retired NASA engineer and a licensed social worker. He writes about the environment and faith. He is the author of the booklet 10 Things Pope Francis Wants You to Know About the Environment and Catholic Update: Pope Francis and the Environment (both from Liguori Publications). His writing has appeared in National Catholic Reporter, U.S. Catholic, and Liguorian magazine. He is a member of the Climate Psychology Alliance of North America.
Pope Francis' new apostolic exhortation, Laudate Deum, is a renewed clarion call to address climate change and to promote integral ecology. But it may not have much of an impact in the U.S. Here's why.
Commentary: The Supreme Court seems poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. But its conservative supermajority does not bode well for other morally grave issues before the court, including those involving the environment.
Commentary: This time of shared crisis affords us a serendipitous opportunity to grow beyond ourselves by considering how our actions can affect others and creation itself
Eco Catholic: As Catholic Christians, we are called to value life "in all its stages." This means we are also called to value that which sustains life — including the environment.
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