{"id":36450,"date":"2020-03-12T18:29:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T18:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cappusa.wpengine.com\/?page_id=36450"},"modified":"2026-10-20T17:43:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T17:43:22","slug":"climate-change","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/es\/climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_0 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border\" href=\"\/climate-change\/#newsletter\" data-icon=\"5\">Join our Newsletter<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Climate Change<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough M-2_grid\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module M-2_grid-item M-2_grid-item1 grid-item_gap-fill\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module M-2_grid-item M-2_grid-item1 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The Duty toward Creation is Essential to Faith<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module M-2_grid-item M-2_grid-item3 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div class=\"M-2_grid-item3_shape\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"M-2_grid-item3_text\">\n<p style=\"padding: 0;\">Our Influence is More Certain<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module M-2_grid-item M-2_grid-item2 grid-item_gap-fill\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_5 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module M-2_grid-item M-2_grid-item2 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div class=\"M-2_grid-item2_shape\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"M-2_grid-item2_text\">\n<p>Climate Change is a Fact<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_3 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_6 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span> Find What You're Looking For <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_7 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/climate-change\/#notanoption\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Church Teaching<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/climate-change\/#whatissettled\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>What is Settled<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/climate-change\/#whoisresponsible\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Who is Responsible<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/climate-change\/#climatejustice\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Climate Justice<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/climate-change\/#politicalapproach\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Political Approach<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_8 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/climate-change\/#publicopinion\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Public Opinion<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/climate-change\/#faith\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Faith & Science<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/climate-change\/#summary\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/climate-change\/#faqs\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>FAQs<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_5 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_6 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_4 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_6 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_7 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_9 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module classic_socialism\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"color: #054368; text-align: center;\">Climate Change Is Real<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #054368;\">Climate change is real. The World Meteorological Organization reports that 2015\u20132025 were the eleven warmest years in the observational record, with 2024 the warmest year recorded. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wmo.int\/publication-series\/state-of-global-climate\/state-of-global-climate-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(World Meteorological Organization, State of the Global Climate 2025)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #054368; text-align: center;\"><strong>But facts about the climate do not, by themselves, tell us everything we should do about them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_5 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_7 et_pb_row et_flex_row mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_8 et_pb_column et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_8_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pope-John-Paul-II-during-a-visit-of-President-George-H.-W.-Bush-to-the-Vatican-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Pope St. John Paul II spoke clearly about the responsibility of Christians toward the Earth, including climate change.\" title=\"Pope John Paul II during a visit of President George H. W. Bush to the Vatican-cropped\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_10 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>\u201cChristians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their <strong>duty towards nature<\/strong> and the Creator are an <strong>essential part of their faith<\/strong>.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/messages\/peace\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_mes_19891208_xxiii-world-day-for-peace.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 15<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_9 et_pb_column et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_8_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_1 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pope-Francis-St.-Peters-square-crop.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Francis, in response to climate change division and debate, reminded us that climate is a common good.\" title=\"Pope Francis-St. Peter&#039;s square-crop\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_11 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>\u201cThe <strong>climate is a common good<\/strong>, belonging to all and meant for all.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Francis, 23<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_10 et_pb_column et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_8_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_2 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pope-Leo-XIV-audience-with-the-media-2025-crop.jpg\" title=\"Pope Leo XIV audience with the media 2025-crop\" width=\"730\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pope-Leo-XIV-audience-with-the-media-2025-crop.jpg 730w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pope-Leo-XIV-audience-with-the-media-2025-crop-480x329.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 730px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-59277\" alt=\"Pope Francis, in response to climate change division and debate, reminded us that climate is a common good.\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_12 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>Care for creation is a \u201c<strong>duty born of faith.\u201d<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/messages\/creation\/documents\/20250630-messaggio-giornata-curacreato.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Leo XIV<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_6 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_8 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_11 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_13 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module classic_socialism\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>A \u2018Topic\u2019 for Catholic Social Teaching?<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">YES!<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_7 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\" id=\"notanoption\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_9 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_12 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_3 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Hiking-high-in-a-beautiful-wilderness.jpg\" alt=\"We are called to care for the beauty around us, and solve problems like climate change, abuse, and pollution.\" title=\"Hiking high in a beautiful wilderness\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_13 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_14 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The Environment is Not an Optional Concern<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The environment is not an optional concern added to Catholic social teaching.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Pope St. John Paul II warned in Centesimus Annus that \u201cin his desire to have and to enjoy rather than to be and to grow, man consumes the resources of the earth and his own life in an excessive and disordered way,\u201d and that humanity must become conscious of its \u201c<strong>duties and obligations towards future generations.<\/strong>\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Centesimus Annus, 37)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Pope Benedict XVI likewise described the earth as a <strong>\u201cprecious gift of the Creator\u201d<\/strong> whose intrinsic order gives humanity guidance for its role as steward. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/audiences\/2009\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20090826.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(General Audience, August 26, 2009)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">And Pope Francis placed the care of creation squarely within Catholic social teaching in <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Laudato Si)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_8 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_10 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_14 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_divider_1 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_9 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_11 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_15 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_15 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Pope Leo XIV: Continuing the Church\u2019s Teaching<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Pope Leo XIV has explicitly continued his predecessors\u2019 teaching on care for creation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">In his 2025 message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, he referred directly to \u201cclimate changes provoked by human activity\u201d and warned that environmental destruction does not affect everyone equally. The poor, marginalized and excluded are often hurt first and most severely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Pope Leo XIV went further: \u201cEnvironmental justice\u2026can no longer be regarded as an abstract concept or a distant goal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">For believers, he taught, care for creation is a \u201cduty born of faith.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/messages\/creation\/documents\/20250630-messaggio-giornata-curacreato.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, 2025)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">This is fully consistent with the teaching of St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. The natural environment is not more important than the human person. Nor is the human person somehow separate from creation. Care for creation, human dignity, solidarity, peace, development and concern for the poor belong together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Climate change is one among many serious ecological and environmental challenges. In solidarity with our neighbor and with future generations, the Church calls us to care for creation, evaluate competing environmental needs and, exercising informed prudential judgment, act for the common good.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_16 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_4 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pope-Leo-XIV-prays-the-Regina-Caeli-after-his-election-in-May-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIV has echoed the call to address climate change according to Church teaching.\" title=\"Pope Leo XIV prays the Regina Caeli after his election in May 2025\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_12 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_17 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_5 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pope-Leo-XIV-prays-the-Regina-Caeli-after-his-election-in-May-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIV has echoed the call to address climate change according to Church teaching.\" title=\"Pope Leo XIV prays the Regina Caeli after his election in May 2025\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_18 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_16 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Pope Leo XIV: Continuing the Church\u2019s Teaching<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Pope Leo XIV has explicitly continued his predecessors\u2019 teaching on care for creation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">In his 2025 message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, he referred directly to \u201cclimate changes provoked by human activity\u201d and warned that environmental destruction does not affect everyone equally. The poor, marginalized and excluded are often hurt first and most severely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Pope Leo XIV went further: \u201cEnvironmental justice\u2026can no longer be regarded as an abstract concept or a distant goal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">For believers, he taught, care for creation is a \u201cduty born of faith.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/messages\/creation\/documents\/20250630-messaggio-giornata-curacreato.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, 2025)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">This is fully consistent with the teaching of St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. The natural environment is not more important than the human person. Nor is the human person somehow separate from creation. Care for creation, human dignity, solidarity, peace, development and concern for the poor belong together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Climate change is one among many serious ecological and environmental challenges. In solidarity with our neighbor and with future generations, the Church calls us to care for creation, evaluate competing environmental needs and, exercising informed prudential judgment, act for the common good.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_10 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_13 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_19 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_divider_2 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_11 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\" id=\"whatissettled\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_14 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_20 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_6 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Explorers-and-researchers-unloading-a-helicopter-in-the-arctic.jpg\" alt=\"Climate change must be continuously studied and evidence used to unify purpose.\" title=\"Explorers and researchers unloading a helicopter in the arctic\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_21 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_17 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">What Is Settled\u2014and What Requires Prudential Judgment?<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_18 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The scientific evidence that human activity\u2014principally greenhouse-gas emissions\u2014is the dominant cause of recent global warming is strong. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concludes that: \u201cHuman activities\u2026have unequivocally caused global warming.\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/report\/ar6\/syr\/resources\/spm-headline-statements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(IPCC, Sixth Assessment Report: Synthesis Report)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p span=\"\" style=\"color: #054368;\">\n<p span=\"\" style=\"color: #054368;\">There remains legitimate scientific debate about important matters\u2014including climate sensitivity, regional effects, attribution of individual extreme events and the magnitude and timing of future impacts. A minority of credentialed scientists also gives greater weight to natural variability or questions estimates of human influence. But it would be misleading to suggest that scientists are evenly divided over the principal human contribution to recent warming.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><strong>More importantly, scientific agreement about the cause of warming does not dictate a single political response.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Science can help establish causes, risks and probabilities. It cannot by itself determine how quickly societies should change their energy systems; how costs should be distributed; how environmental objectives should be balanced with energy reliability, affordability and development; or which tax, regulatory, technological or international policies best advance the common good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><strong>Those are prudential questions<\/strong> requiring sound science, economics, moral principles and careful judgment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_12 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\" id=\"whoisresponsible\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_15 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_22 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_19 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">Addressing Climate Change<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_16 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters2 et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_23 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_7 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2010_UN_Climate_Talks_crop-683x1024.jpg\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2010_UN_Climate_Talks_crop-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 683px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-36512\" alt=\"Climate change has become such an issue that nations gather to discuss addressing it, such as at the United Nations Climate Change Conference\" title=\"A crowd of people sit at the UN during talks about climate change\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_20 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Who is Responsible?<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_21 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Responsibility also extends across nations and generations.<\/p>\n<p>Countries have contributed very differently to present emissions. In 2024, fossil-fuel and industrial CO\u2082 emissions were approximately. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalcarbonbudget.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Global Carbon Budget)<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>China: 32%<\/li>\n<li>United States: 13%<\/li>\n<li>India: 8%<\/li>\n<li>European Union: 6%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><br \/>Those numbers raise serious questions of justice:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"padding-left: 15px; padding-top: 10px; font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>What obligations belong to historically wealthy countries?<\/li>\n<li>What responsibilities fall upon today\u2019s largest emitters?<\/li>\n<li>How can developing nations raise living standards without being denied the affordable and reliable energy that wealthier countries already enjoy?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_0 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span>Catholic social teaching does not provide a mathematical formula for answering those questions. It does provide the principles with which to approach them: <strong>human dignity, solidarity, subsidiarity, the common good and a preferential concern for the poor.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_24 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_8 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/GreenNewDeal_Presser_crop-683x1024.jpg\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/GreenNewDeal_Presser_crop-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 683px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-36515\" alt=\"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks above a sign labeled &quot;The Green New Deal&quot;, a political program designed to combat climate change\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_22 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Is it a Political Issue?<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_23 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>Clearly, in the United States, the answer is \u2018yes\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Climate and energy policy have become deeply partisan, with successive administrations reversing policies on emissions, regulation, energy development and international climate commitments.<\/span><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The history of the Paris Agreement illustrates this divide.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The United States accepted the Agreement in 2016, withdrew effective November 4, 2020, rejoined in 2021 and again withdrew effective January 27, 2026. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/treaties.un.org\/Pages\/ViewDetails.aspx?chapter=27&amp;clang=_en&amp;mtdsg_no=XXVII-7-d&amp;src=TREATY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(United Nations Treaty Collection, Paris Agreement status)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">But the fact that an issue is political does not mean it is merely partisan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Questions involving energy, taxation, economic development, regulation, international obligations and environmental protection necessarily become political because they concern the ordering of society and the common good.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_25 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_9 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/climate-change-protest-small-683x1024.jpg\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/climate-change-protest-small-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 683px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-36511\" alt=\"A climate change protester carries a sign saying, &quot;Ask not what your planet can do for you, ask what you can do for your planet&quot;\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_24 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Fulfilling My Obligation<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_25 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\u201c[T]he direct duty to work for a just ordering of society\u2026is proper to <strong>the lay faithful.<\/strong>\u201d<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/deus-caritas-est\/#29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> (Pope Benedict XVI, 29)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Pope Francis said: \u201cPolitics is an essential means of building human community and institutions\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/peace\/documents\/papa-francesco_20181208_messaggio-52giornatamondiale-pace2019.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Message for the 2019 World Day of Peace)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. <strong>It is a moral obligation.<\/strong> For Christians, the responsibility is even greater: it is a commandment.\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2015\/july\/documents\/papa-francesco_20150709_bolivia-movimenti-popolari.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis, 3.1)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He insisted: \u201cWe, Christians, cannot \u2018play the role of Pilate\u2019, washing our hands of it.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2013\/june\/documents\/papa-francesco_20130607_scuole-gesuiti.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Address to students of Jesuit schools, June 7, 2013)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Participation, however, does not require Catholics to accept a predetermined political program.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, Catholics must form their consciences from the Church\u2019s social teaching, seek accurate facts, consider foreseeable consequences and work prudently for the common good.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_13 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_17 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_26 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_divider_3 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_14 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\" id=\"climatejustice\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_18 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_27 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_26 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">In Pursuit of Climate Justice<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><strong>The Catholic Church affirms our responsibility to care for our \u201ccommon home.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis)<\/a> \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Terms like \u201cclimate action\u201d and \u201cclimate justice\u201d are valid\u2014when understood through Catholic social teaching.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><strong>Pope Francis has emphasized intergenerational justice<\/strong>, reminding us that the world we have received also belongs to those who will follow us. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Laudato Si, 159)<\/a> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">And the Catechism defines justice as \u201cthe constant and firm will to give their due to God and neighbor\u201d and as promoting equity regarding persons and the common good. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P65.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 1807)<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Climate justice, rightly understood, can therefore be an act of faith and a work of mercy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">It is not an ideology and should never be isolated from the rest of Catholic teaching.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Rather, environmental responsibility forms part of\u00a0 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/integral-ecology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">integral ecology<\/a> because the natural environment, human dignity, family, work, economic life and care for the poor cannot ultimately be separated. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Laudato Si, 137-162)<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><strong>What is needed is a Christian environmentalism<\/strong>: concern for our common home grounded in our responsibilities to God and to every human person. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Caritas in Veritate, 51)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">This is the path to authentic climate justice.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_28 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_10 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A-sign-during-a-march-advocating-ro-action-responding-to-climate-change.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A-sign-during-a-march-advocating-ro-action-responding-to-climate-change.jpg 720w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A-sign-during-a-march-advocating-ro-action-responding-to-climate-change-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-54780\" alt=\"Climate change marches across the country have demanded climate justice.\" title=\"A sign during a march advocating ro action responding to climate change\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_19 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_29 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_11 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A-sign-during-a-march-advocating-ro-action-responding-to-climate-change.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A-sign-during-a-march-advocating-ro-action-responding-to-climate-change.jpg 720w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A-sign-during-a-march-advocating-ro-action-responding-to-climate-change-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-54780\" alt=\"Climate change marches across the country have demanded climate justice.\" title=\"A sign during a march advocating ro action responding to climate change\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_30 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_27 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">In Pursuit of Climate Justice<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><strong>The Catholic Church affirms our responsibility to care for our \u201ccommon home.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis)<\/a> \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Terms like \u201cclimate action\u201d and \u201cclimate justice\u201d are valid\u2014when understood through Catholic social teaching.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><strong>Pope Francis has emphasized intergenerational justice<\/strong>, reminding us that the world we have received also belongs to those who will follow us. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Laudato Si, 159)<\/a> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">And the Catechism defines justice as \u201cthe constant and firm will to give their due to God and neighbor\u201d and as promoting equity regarding persons and the common good. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P65.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 1807)<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Climate justice, rightly understood, can therefore be an act of faith and a work of mercy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">It is not an ideology and should never be isolated from the rest of Catholic teaching.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Rather, environmental responsibility forms part of\u00a0 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/integral-ecology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">integral ecology<\/a> because the natural environment, human dignity, family, work, economic life and care for the poor cannot ultimately be separated. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Laudato Si, 137-162)<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><strong>What is needed is a Christian environmentalism<\/strong>: concern for our common home grounded in our responsibilities to God and to every human person. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Caritas in Veritate, 51)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">This is the path to authentic climate justice.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_15 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_20 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_31 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_divider_4 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_16 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_21 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_32 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_28 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">True Climate Justice is...<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_22 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters2 et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_33 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_12 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/In-extreme-poverty-human-life-finds-a-way-to-endure-as-this-poor-shack-shows.jpg\" alt=\"Poverty receives too little attention in the climate change debate.\" title=\"In extreme poverty, human life finds a way, to endure as this poor shack shows\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_29 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Climate Justice Must Also Mean Energy Justice<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_30 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>One of the most important facts in the climate debate receives far too little attention: <strong>approximately 730 million people still lack access to electricity, while nearly 2 billion lack <\/strong><strong>access to clean cooking. <\/strong><\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/global-energy-and-climate-model\/accelerating-clean-cooking-and-electricity-services-scenario-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(International Energy Agency, Accelerating Clean Cooking and Electricity Services Scenario)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Reliable modern energy is indispensable to health care, education, sanitation, economic opportunity and human development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The International Energy Agency notes that households, clinics, schools and businesses without reliable modern energy suffer lower productivity and impaired socioeconomic development. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/global-energy-and-climate-model\/accelerating-clean-cooking-and-electricity-services-scenario-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(International Energy Agency)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Consequently, a Catholic response cannot consider emissions in isolation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Policies must also ask whether poor families and developing nations have access to energy that is: <strong>Reliable. Affordable. Abundant enough to support development. And increasingly clean.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Stewardship of creation and human development are not competing Catholic concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Authentic integral ecology requires both.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_34 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_13 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-poor-husband-and-wife-use-a-tractor-and-cattle-to-plough-in-a-3rd-world-country.jpg\" alt=\"3rd world countries will need help to contribute to addressing climate change\" title=\"A poor husband and wife use a tractor and cattle to plough in a 3rd world country\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_31 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Climate Justice Requires Mitigation\u2014and Adaptation<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_32 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Reducing future greenhouse-gas emissions is only one part of the challenge. Communities are already exposed to climatic risks, making adaptation and resilience essential elements of climate justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The United Nations Environment Program estimates that <strong>developing countries will require approximately $310\u2013365 billion annually for climate adaptation by 2035<\/strong> while international public adaptation finance was about $26 billion in 2023\u2014meaning estimated needs are roughly 12 to 14 times current flows. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/resources\/adaptation-gap-report-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(UNEP, Adaptation Gap Report 2025)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Adaptation can include spending on flood defenses, drought-resistant agriculture, stronger water systems, coastal protection, heat preparedness, disaster-warning systems, and public-health measures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">For Catholics, the relevant question therefore cannot simply be: How do we reduce emissions?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">It must also be: How do we protect people\u2014especially the poor\u2014from harms that cannot now be entirely avoided?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_35 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_14 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Wind-turbines-scattered-across-fields-gather-energy-to-be-turned-into-electricity.jpg\" alt=\"Renewal energy is helping to address climate change.\" title=\"Wind turbines scattered across fields gather energy to be turned into electricity\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_33 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Energy System Is Already Changing<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_34 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The world\u2019s energy system is changing rapidly.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, <strong>renewable sources supplied approximately 34% of global electricity, compared with 23% only a decade earlier<\/strong>. Wind and solar together supplied approximately 17%, up from around 5% ten years earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Coal nevertheless remained the largest individual source of global electricity, also at approximately 34%. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/global-energy-review-2026\/electricity-supply\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(International Energy Agency, Global Energy Review 2026 \u2014 Electricity Supply)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Renewable capacity additions reached approximately 800 gigawatts in 2025<\/strong>, the 23rd consecutive annual record, with solar accounting for more than three-quarters of those additions. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/global-energy-review-2026\/technology-solar-pv-and-wind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(IEA, Global Energy Review 2026 \u2014 Solar PV and Wind)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yet global energy-related CO\u2082 emissions also increased about 0.4% in 2025, <strong>reaching a record of nearly 38.4 billion tonnes<\/strong>. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/global-energy-review-2026\/co2-emissions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(IEA, Global Energy Review 2026 \u2014 CO\u2082 Emissions)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Both facts matter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Low-carbon technologies are scaling rapidly \u2014 But global demand for energy continues to grow and emissions have not yet fallen on a sustained global basis.<\/p>\n<p>The prudential question is therefore no longer whether cleaner technologies can contribute meaningfully. They already do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The harder question is how rapidly and economically they can expand while maintaining reliability, affordability, and the energy required for human development.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_17 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\" id=\"politicalapproach\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_23 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_36 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_15 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Inside-a-state-capitol-building-looking-down-one-of-the-hallways-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Arguments about climate change take place on the floor state and national capitols.\" title=\"Inside a state capitol building looking down one of the hallways\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_37 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_35 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>How Best to Address It Politically?<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_36 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Pope Benedict XVI offered a useful framework for applying moral truth in political life:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>[W]hat does it mean, in practical terms,<\/strong> to promote moral truth in the world of politics\u2026?<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li>It means acting in a responsible way on the basis of an <strong>objective and integral <\/strong><strong>knowledge of the facts<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li><strong>deconstructing political ideologies<\/strong> which end up supplanting truth and human dignity in order to promote pseudo-values under the pretext of peace, development and human rights;<\/li>\n<li>fostering <strong>an unswerving commitment<\/strong> to base positive law on the principles of the <strong>natural law<\/strong>.\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/messages\/peace\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20101208_xliv-world-day-peace.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(World Day of Peace 2011, 12)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><br \/>Applied to climate policy, this means rejecting<strong> two temptations.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The first is to assume that every policy described as \u201cgreen\u201d is morally required simply because it intends to reduce emissions.<\/p>\n<p>The second is to dismiss environmental dangers merely because climate policies have become associated with one political party or ideology.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, <strong>Catholic social teaching asks<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the facts? \/\/ Does the proposal respect human dignity? \/\/ Does it advance the common good \/\/ Does it respect subsidiarity? \/\/ Does it express solidarity? \/\/ What will it do to the poor? \/\/ Will it actually work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_18 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_24 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_38 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_37 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module classic_socialism\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Why Has Consensus Proven So Difficult?<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_19 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_25 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_39 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_38 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">This is not simply a disagreement about climate science.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">It is a disagreement about the expected economic effects of policy.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_20 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_26 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_40 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_39 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Scientific evidence alone has plainly not created political agreement. Climate change has become deeply entwined with partisan identity, differing economic priorities and conflicting views about government\u2019s proper role.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It also involves legitimate disagreement about the consequences of proposed policies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For example, in 2026, Americans differed sharply over whether policies encouraging a transition from fossil fuels would make electricity more expensive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Among conservative Republicans, 68% expected higher electricity prices, compared with 50% of liberal\/moderate Republicans and only 15% of liberal Democrats.<\/strong> <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/climatecommunication.yale.edu\/publications\/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-politics-policy-spring-2026\/toc\/8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Spring 2026)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">That is not simply a disagreement about climate science. <strong>It is a disagreement about the expected economic effects of policy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Climate action itself can involve costs, benefits and unintended consequences. So can climate inaction. Prudence therefore requires examining both sides of the ledger.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">People of goodwill can disagree about political positions, provided their prudential judgment is well formed by the facts and by a deep internalization of Catholic social teaching.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_21 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\" id=\"publicopinion\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_27 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_41 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_40 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Public Opinion<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Updated October 2026<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Americans remain deeply divided over climate change\u2014but the divide is more pronounced over <strong>political priority and causes<\/strong> than over every possible response.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">In April 2026, <strong>63% of Democrats<\/strong> described climate change as a \u201cvery big problem,\u201d compared with <strong>14% of Republicans<\/strong>. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/politics\/2026\/05\/11\/americans-see-health-care-costs-deficit-inflation-as-big-problems-facing-the-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pew Research Center, May 2026)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Yale similarly found that only <strong>49% of registered voters overall<\/strong> considered global warming a high or very high federal priority. Yet 58% preferred a candidate who supports action on global warming, and 68% said the United States should use more renewable energy. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/climatecommunication.yale.edu\/publications\/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-politics-policy-spring-2026\/toc\/5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Spring 2026)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Public understanding of the science also remains incomplete: <strong>59% of Americans said global warming is mostly human-caused<\/strong>, while only 54% understood that most scientists agree global warming is occurring. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/climatecommunication.yale.edu\/publications\/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-beliefs-attitudes-spring-2026\/toc\/2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Yale, Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs &amp; Attitudes, Spring 2026)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">The challenge is therefore not simply whether Americans care about climate change, but how differently they understand its urgency, causes and appropriate response.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_1 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Yale\u2019s Spring 2026 survey found a similarly large division over political priority.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Asked whether global warming should be a \u201chigh\u201d or \u201cvery high\u201d priority for the president and Congress:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><strong>84%<\/strong> of liberal Democrats said yes;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><strong>70%<\/strong> of moderate\/conservative Democrats;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><strong>36%<\/strong> of liberal\/moderate Republicans;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><strong>11%<\/strong> of conservative Republicans.<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><br \/>Overall, <strong>49% of registered voters<\/strong> considered it a high or very high priority. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/climatecommunication.yale.edu\/publications\/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-politics-policy-spring-2026\/toc\/5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Spring 2026)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Yet the same survey found broader support for some responses: <strong>58% of registered voters preferred a candidate who supports action on global warming<\/strong>, while only 14% preferred one opposed to action, and <strong>68% said the United States should use more renewable energy<\/strong>. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/climatecommunication.yale.edu\/publications\/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-politics-policy-spring-2026\/toc\/5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Yale, Spring 2026)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">On causation, 59% of Americans said global warming is mostly human-caused, while 27% attributed it mostly to natural environmental changes. Only 54% understood that most scientists agree global warming is occurring, while 25% believed there is substantial scientific disagreement. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/climatecommunication.yale.edu\/publications\/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-beliefs-attitudes-spring-2026\/toc\/2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Yale, Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs &amp; Attitudes, Spring 2026)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_42 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_16 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/white-ice-formation-crop-1024x737.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/white-ice-formation-crop-980x705.jpg 980w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/white-ice-formation-crop-480x345.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-36582\" alt=\"A large iceberg, a frequent representation of the dangers of climate change\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_28 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_43 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_17 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/white-ice-formation-crop-1024x737.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/white-ice-formation-crop-980x705.jpg 980w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/white-ice-formation-crop-480x345.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-36582\" alt=\"A large iceberg, a frequent representation of the dangers of climate change\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_44 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_41 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Public Opinion<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Updated October 2026<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Americans remain deeply divided over climate change\u2014but the divide is more pronounced over <strong>political priority and causes<\/strong> than over every possible response.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">In April 2026, <strong>63% of Democrats<\/strong> described climate change as a \u201cvery big problem,\u201d compared with <strong>14% of Republicans<\/strong>. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/politics\/2026\/05\/11\/americans-see-health-care-costs-deficit-inflation-as-big-problems-facing-the-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pew Research Center, May 2026)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Yale similarly found that only <strong>49% of registered voters overall<\/strong> considered global warming a high or very high federal priority. Yet 58% preferred a candidate who supports action on global warming, and 68% said the United States should use more renewable energy. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/climatecommunication.yale.edu\/publications\/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-politics-policy-spring-2026\/toc\/5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Spring 2026)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Public understanding of the science also remains incomplete: <strong>59% of Americans said global warming is mostly human-caused<\/strong>, while only 54% understood that most scientists agree global warming is occurring. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/climatecommunication.yale.edu\/publications\/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-beliefs-attitudes-spring-2026\/toc\/2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Yale, Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs &amp; Attitudes, Spring 2026)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">The challenge is therefore not simply whether Americans care about climate change, but how differently they understand its urgency, causes and appropriate response.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_2 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Yale\u2019s Spring 2026 survey found a similarly large division over political priority.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Asked whether global warming should be a \u201chigh\u201d or \u201cvery high\u201d priority for the president and Congress:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><strong>84%<\/strong> of liberal Democrats said yes;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><strong>70%<\/strong> of moderate\/conservative Democrats;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><strong>36%<\/strong> of liberal\/moderate Republicans;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><strong>11%<\/strong> of conservative Republicans.<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\"><br \/>Overall, <strong>49% of registered voters<\/strong> considered it a high or very high priority. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/climatecommunication.yale.edu\/publications\/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-politics-policy-spring-2026\/toc\/5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Spring 2026)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">Yet the same survey found broader support for some responses: <strong>58% of registered voters preferred a candidate who supports action on global warming<\/strong>, while only 14% preferred one opposed to action, and <strong>68% said the United States should use more renewable energy<\/strong>. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/climatecommunication.yale.edu\/publications\/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-politics-policy-spring-2026\/toc\/5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Yale, Spring 2026)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #054368;\">On causation, 59% of Americans said global warming is mostly human-caused, while 27% attributed it mostly to natural environmental changes. Only 54% understood that most scientists agree global warming is occurring, while 25% believed there is substantial scientific disagreement. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/climatecommunication.yale.edu\/publications\/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-beliefs-attitudes-spring-2026\/toc\/2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Yale, Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs &amp; Attitudes, Spring 2026)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_22 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\" id=\"faith\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_29 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters2 et_block_row mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_45 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_18 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/group-of-people-sitting-on-sofa-while-discussing-small-1024x575.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/group-of-people-sitting-on-sofa-while-discussing-small-980x550.jpg 980w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/group-of-people-sitting-on-sofa-while-discussing-small-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-36518\" alt=\"A group of people sitting on couches, holding a discussion, perhaps about climate change\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_42 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The Need for Discussion<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Pope Francis teaches: \u201cAn integral ecology is inseparable from the notion of the common good.\u201d <\/span> <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#156\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Laudato Si, 156)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The polarization surrounding climate change makes serious discussion more important\u2014not less.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Yet Americans seldom have those discussions. <\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\">In Spring 2026, <strong>69% said they \u201crarely\u201d or \u201cnever\u201d discuss global warming with family and friends<\/strong>; only 31% said they do so occasionally or often.<\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/climatecommunication.yale.edu\/publications\/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-beliefs-attitudes-spring-2026\/toc\/6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Spring 2026)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">That silence matters. <\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Durable public policy normally requires some measure of public understanding and consent\u2014particularly when policies impose costs, alter energy systems or demand long-term sacrifices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Catholics should therefore be willing to discuss climate change across political lines: <strong>acknowledging scientific evidence, listening to legitimate concerns, rejecting ideological caricatures, recognizing legitimate uncertainty, and evaluating proposed solutions through the full body of Catholic social teaching.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_46 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_19 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-large-cross-stands-near-two-benches-on-the-edge-of-a-lake.-Faith-must-play-a-part-in-our-attitude-toward-climate-change-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"A large cross stands near two benches on the edge of a lake. Faith must play a part in our attitude toward climate change\" title=\"A large cross stands near two benches on the edge of a lake. Faith must play a part in our attitude toward climate change-cropped\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_43 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The Need for Faith &amp; Science<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Catholics can make a distinctive contribution to that discussion by connecting scientific understanding with the moral principles needed to judge how we should respond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Science and faith do not compete here.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><strong>Science asks: <\/strong>What is happening? Why is it happening? What may happen next?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><strong>Faith and moral reasoning ask:<\/strong> Why should we care? What do we owe our neighbor? What sacrifices are just? What kind of development respects the dignity of the human person? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">There is evidence that religious language may reach people whom conventional climate rhetoric does not. <\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Among liberal\/moderate Republicans who supported a transition toward renewable energy in a 2026 Yale survey, <strong>\u201cprotecting God\u2019s creation\u201d was the most frequently chosen most-important reason for doing so. <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Among conservative Republicans who supported such a transition, protecting God\u2019s creation tied for the second-most-important reason. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/climatecommunication.yale.edu\/publications\/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-beliefs-attitudes-spring-2026\/toc\/6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Spring 2026)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Faith need not substitute for science.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">It helps answer a different question science cannot answer by itself: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><strong>Why should we act\u2014and what duties do we owe one another?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_23 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\" id=\"summary\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_30 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_47 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_20 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/young-family-with-two-toddler-children-outdoors-by-WR5VN6P-crop-small.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/young-family-with-two-toddler-children-outdoors-by-WR5VN6P-crop-small.jpg 1920w\" class=\"wp-image-37237\" alt=\"A young family playing by the river representing integral ecology.\" title=\"young-family-toddlers-children-river-summer-play-mother-father-husband-wife-son-daughter-nature\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_48 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_44 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">In Summary<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Climate change presents Catholics with <strong>neither a choice between science and faith nor between environmental protection and human flourishing<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The scientific evidence that human activity is warming the climate is strong.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The Church\u2019s teaching that creation is a gift entrusted to our stewardship is equally clear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><strong>But neither statement determines a single political program.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><strong>Catholics may legitimately disagree<\/strong> about carbon taxes, regulatory mandates, nuclear energy, renewable subsidies, fossil-fuel policy, adaptation spending, international agreements and the proper pace of an energy transition. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">That is because climate action itself can involve costs and unintended consequences, just as failure to address climate risks can have costs and consequences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Such disagreement should not be confused with indifference to creation. Nor should concern for creation be used to place every proposed climate policy beyond legitimate debate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_3 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Catholic social teaching instead requires us to hold several responsibilities together: <strong>stewardship of creation, protection of human dignity, solidarity with the poor and future generations, respect for subsidiarity, promotion of the common good and concern for authentic human development.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Care for creation is a Christian duty.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Determining how best to fulfill that duty in a complicated world requires sound science, informed conscience, honest dialogue and prudential judgment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_24 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_31 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_49 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_divider_5 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_25 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_32 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_50 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_45 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>What About other Environmental Issues?<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_46 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>Pope Benedict XVI taught: \u201cThe environment is God\u2019s gift to everyone\u201d.<\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#48\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caritas in Veritate, 48<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_47 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Its use therefore entails responsibility toward the poor, future generations and humanity as a whole.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Climate change is not the only serious environmental problem.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_33 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters2 et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_51 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_48 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Environmental Degradation<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_21 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-picture-of-deforestation-and-its-impact-on-the-environment.jpg\" title=\"A picture of deforestation and its impact on the environment\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-picture-of-deforestation-and-its-impact-on-the-environment.jpg 720w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-picture-of-deforestation-and-its-impact-on-the-environment-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-59351\" alt=\"A picture of deforestation which contributes to climate change and our common home\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_49 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Air and water pollution directly affect human health. Deforestation, biodiversity loss, marine degradation, toxic waste, soil degradation and unsafe disposal of industrial and radioactive materials can impose severe costs on both people and ecosystems. Many of those costs fall disproportionately on poor communities and developing nations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_1_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_1 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border\" href=\"\/environmental-degradation\" data-icon=\"5\">READ MORE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_52 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_50 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Integral Ecology<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_22 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-group-of-teen-boys-hiking-together-in-the-hills.jpg\" alt=\"The answer to climate change goes deeper. We must build an integral ecology.\" title=\"A group of teen boys hiking together in the hills\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_51 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Integral ecology therefore requires us to consider the whole of creation and the whole human person\u2014not to allow any single environmental problem, however important, to make every other problem invisible.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_2_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_2 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border\" href=\"\/integral-ecology\" data-icon=\"5\">READ MORE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_53 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_52 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The Human Environment<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_23 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-group-of-kids-looking-at-an-insect.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of deforestation which contributes to climate change and our common home\" title=\"A group of kids looking at an insect\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_53 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Climate change deserves serious attention\u2014but authentic stewardship requires attention to the whole environmental and human ecology.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_3_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_3 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border\" href=\"\/human-environment\/\" data-icon=\"5\">READ MORE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_26 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_34 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_54 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_divider_6 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_27 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\" id=\"faqs\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_35 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_55 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_54 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>FAQs<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_4 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: Is climate change real?<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: Yes. Multiple independent measurements show that the planet has warmed substantially since the nineteenth century. The eleven years from 2015 through 2025 were the eleven warmest years in the observational record. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wmo.int\/publication-series\/state-of-global-climate\/state-of-global-climate-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(World Meteorological Organization, State of the Global Climate 2025)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_5 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: Is climate change caused by human activity?<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: The world\u2019s major scientific assessments conclude that human greenhouse-gas emissions are the dominant cause of recent global warming. Scientific debate continues over important questions including climate sensitivity, regional effects, particular extreme-event attribution and future impacts. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/report\/ar6\/syr\/resources\/spm-headline-statements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(IPCC, Sixth Assessment Report: Synthesis Report)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_6 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: Does the Catholic Church require Catholics to support a particular climate policy?<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: No. Care for creation, the common good and concern for the poor are moral obligations. Particular tax, regulatory, technological and energy policies are matters of prudential judgment guided by Catholic social teaching (see \u201cWhat Is Settled\u2014and What Requires Prudential Judgment?\u201d above). See Pope Benedict XVI\u2019s discussion of the role of the lay faithful in <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/deus-caritas-est\/#28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deus Caritas Est, 28\u201329<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_7 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: What has Pope Leo XIV said about climate change?<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: Pope Leo XIV has explicitly referred to climate change caused by human activity and teaches that environmental justice is a matter of social, economic and human justice\u2014and, for believers, a duty flowing from faith. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/messages\/creation\/documents\/20250630-messaggio-giornata-curacreato.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, 2025)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_8 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: What is climate justice?<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: From a Catholic perspective, climate justice means addressing environmental harms in a way that respects human dignity, the common good, solidarity, subsidiarity and the preferential option for the poor. See Pope Francis\u2019s treatment of integral ecology, the common good and intergenerational justice in <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/laudato-si\/#137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Laudato Si\u2019, 137\u2013162<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It must include not only reducing environmental risks but ensuring that the poor have access to reliable, affordable energy and the opportunity for authentic human development.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_9 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: Is climate policy a matter of prudential judgment?<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: Yes. Scientific findings can inform policy choices, but science alone cannot determine how society should balance costs, benefits, competing goods, development needs, energy reliability and distributional consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Those choices require prudential judgment guided by Catholic social teaching.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_28 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_36 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_56 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_55 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Catholic Social Teaching and Other Issues<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_29 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_37 et_pb_row et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_57 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_58 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_slider_0 et_pb_slider et_pb_slider_fullwidth_off et_pb_slider_show_image et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic-width\" id=\"issues-slider\"><div class=\"et_pb_slides\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_0 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-0\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gender-theory-2.png\" width=\"2160\" height=\"2160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gender-theory-2.png 2160w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gender-theory-2-1280x1280.png 1280w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gender-theory-2-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gender-theory-2-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2160px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-47948\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/male-female-transgenderism\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Transgenderism<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">We are facing a\u00a0<em><strong>crisis<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<strong>in human sexuality<\/strong>\u00a0caused by a representation of human anthropology that cancels out differences between men and women.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_1 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-1\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Abortion.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Abortion.jpg 400w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Abortion-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Abortion-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40501\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/abortion\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Abortion<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the most divisive issues during the past 50 years! <strong>Why is the Church so one-sided<\/strong> (and must always be so)?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_2 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-2\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Racism.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Racism.jpg 400w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Racism-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Racism-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40515\" alt=\"Racism is contrary to Christ and the teachings of the Gospel\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/racism-in-the-united-states\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Racism in the United States<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">The belief humanity can be divided into separate and <strong>exclusive biological entities with some races innately superior<\/strong> to others. This leads to personal and societal prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against other people because they are of a different race or ethnicity. What does Catholic social teaching have to say about <strong>such an insidious \u201cism\u201d<\/strong>? <strong>CLICK <\/strong>to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_3 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-3\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CAPP-Socialism-Icon-1.png\" width=\"247\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CAPP-Socialism-Icon-1.png 247w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CAPP-Socialism-Icon-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" class=\"wp-image-34393\" alt=\"The Church has consistently spoken out against socialism in all its forms, most recently, democratic socialism\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/socialism\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Democratic Socialism<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">Candidates for President of the United States and many in congress espouse this as <strong>an alternative model for our country<\/strong>. <strong>What, exactly, is it?<\/strong> What does the Catholic Church say?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_4 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-4\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Climate-Change.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Climate-Change.jpg 400w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Climate-Change-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Climate-Change-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40503\" alt=\"Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/climate-change\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Climate Change<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">One political party committed the US to the Paris Agreement and proposes <strong>a \u201cGreen New Deal\u201d<\/strong>. Another party withdrew from the Paris Agreement and <strong>inimically opposes<\/strong> the other\u2019s proposal. What does Catholic social teaching say?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_5 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-5\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-10-1.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-10-1.png 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-10-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-28178\" alt=\"Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/immigration-overview\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Immigration<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Church recognizes the rights of nations to govern and protect themselves in the interests of the Common Good <em><strong>and <\/strong><\/em>\u201c\u2026the right of all men to migrate\u00a0to other countries and to seek conditions worthy of human life for themselves and for their families.\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Gaudium et Spes)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_6 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-6\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/National-health.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/National-health.jpg 400w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/National-health-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/National-health-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40513\" alt=\"national health care\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/universal-healthcare\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Universal Healthcare<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">US health care is, in many ways, <strong>the envy of the world<\/strong>. Would <strong>universal<\/strong>, <strong>or<\/strong> <strong>national, healthcare<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>improve it?<\/strong> See how Catholic social teaching can inform the discussion!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_7 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-7\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-8-1.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-8-1.png 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-8-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-28176\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/2024\/12\/euthanasia\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Euthanasia<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p>Without a Christian perspective, the world often seeks to avoid suffering at all costs and strives to make death as painless as possible. It is then that \u201c<strong>[w]e must accompany people towards death, but not provoke death<\/strong>\u00a0or facilitate any form of suicide.\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/audiences\/2022\/documents\/20220209-udienza-generale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button et_pb_more_button\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/2024\/12\/euthanasia\/\">Click Here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_8 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-8\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-family.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-family.jpg 400w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-family-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-family-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40517\" alt=\"The Family is the answer to the poisons destroying our society.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/the-family\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">The Family<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>The answer<\/strong> to the dangers to our society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u201cThe<strong>\u00a0<b>future of humanity<\/b>\u00a0passes <\/strong>by way of the family.\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_exh_19811122_familiaris-consortio.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 86)\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_9 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-9\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Marriage.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Marriage.jpg 400w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Marriage-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Marriage-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40512\" alt=\"marriage\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/the-family\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Marriage<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">The<strong> foundation of the family.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\"[T]ranscends the feelings <\/strong>and momentary needs of the couple\u201d. It is born \u201cfrom the<strong> depth of the obligation\u00a0<\/strong>assumed by the spouses\".<strong><i> <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium.html\" rel=\"noopener\">(Pope Francis, 66)<\/a> <\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK <\/strong>to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_10 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-10\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AI-icon.png\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AI-icon.png 1080w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AI-icon-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AI-icon-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-57654\" alt=\"Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/category\/all-articles\/artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">How do we ensure that digital systems, like AI, remain ordered to the human person, to authentic work, to truth, and to the common good?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_11 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-11\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-7.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-7.png 500w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-7-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/icon-7-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" class=\"wp-image-28160\" alt=\"Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/dignity-of-work\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Dignity of Work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"We were\u00a0<strong>created<\/strong>\u00a0with a vocation<strong>\u00a0to work<\/strong>.\"<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_12 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-12\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gun-control-icon-1_v1_r3.png\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gun-control-icon-1_v1_r3.png 1080w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gun-control-icon-1_v1_r3-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gun-control-icon-1_v1_r3-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-53069\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/gun-control-pros-and-cons-and-self-defense\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Gun Control<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: center\"><strong>It is one of the most divisive and painful issues in the United States.<\/strong>\u00a0Gun ownership is an issue where there is legitimate diversity of opinion. How does the Church reconcile self-defense with the sacredness of human life?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_13 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-13\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Overpopulation-icon-Draft-4.png\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Overpopulation-icon-Draft-4.png 1080w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Overpopulation-icon-Draft-4-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Overpopulation-icon-Draft-4-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-56825\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/overpopulation\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Overpopulation<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: center\">From the Church\u2019s perspective, <strong>the problem was never people themselves. <\/strong>The real question is not how many people the Earth can hold, but how we understand the human person.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_14 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-14\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Prison-Icon.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Prison-Icon.png 500w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Prison-Icon-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-52440\" alt=\"Climate Change is a real issue and must be met with dialog, faith, and science, ordered toward the common good.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/the-death-penalty\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">The Death Penalty<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Church's historical teaching, the changes Pope Francis made, and what the Church teaches now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_15 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-15\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Covid.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Covid.jpg 400w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Covid-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Covid-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40505 wp-image-40180\" alt=\"Covid-19 is tearing families, communities, and nations apart. Catholic social teaching can guide us through it.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/covid19\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">COVID-19<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">The <strong>Crisis and<\/strong> <strong>the Cure<\/strong>: How does Catholic social teaching evaluate governments\u2019 response?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_16 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-16\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Common-Good.png\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Common-Good.png 720w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Common-Good-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-49168\" alt=\"The Family is the answer to the poisons destroying our society.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/the-common-good\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">The Common Good<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">The Common Good is\u00a0<strong>not<\/strong> a principle, but an aspirational <strong>result<\/strong>: \u201cthe sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily\u201d.\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P6K.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1906)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_17 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-17\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Our-Physical-Environment.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Our-Physical-Environment.jpg 400w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Our-Physical-Environment-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Our-Physical-Environment-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40514\" alt=\"God has called us to be stewards of this world, our physical environment and common home.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/physical-environment\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Physical Environment<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p>This is <strong>about more than<\/strong> <strong>\u2018just\u2019 protecting<\/strong> the environment. There are profound spiritual dimensions involved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_18 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-18\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Integral-Ecology.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Integral-Ecology.jpg 400w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Integral-Ecology-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Integral-Ecology-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40511\" alt=\"Physical and human environments are linked and only integral ecology can care or them both.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/integral-ecology\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Integral Ecology<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p>The <strong>solution to all<\/strong> our environmental problems!<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_19 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-19\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Human-environment.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Human-environment.jpg 400w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Human-environment-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Human-environment-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40509\" alt=\"How many talk about the serious destruction of our human environment where we grow, live, and work?\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/human-environment\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Human Environment<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">\u201c[W]e must also mention <strong>the more serious destruction<\/strong> of the human environment, something which is by no means receiving the attention it deserves.\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 38)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_20 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-20\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Danger-societi.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Danger-societi.jpg 400w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Danger-societi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Danger-societi-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40506\" alt=\"The Church has identified four dangers to society, pathologies, eating away at our culture.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/pathologies-overview\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">The Four Dangers to Society<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Church identifies the major \u2018risks and problems\u2019 eating away at our cultural, economic and political systems. <strong>What are they?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_21 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-21\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Consumerism.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Consumerism.jpg 400w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Consumerism-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Consumerism-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40504\" alt=\"Consumerism is a terrible affliction of the developed world and an affront to human dignity.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/consumerism\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Consumerism<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p>Having and wanting <strong>a lot of \u2018stuff\u2019 is at the heart of several of society\u2019s ills<\/strong>. Which ones? Why does this limit our freedom?<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_22 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-22\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Environmental-Degradation.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Environmental-Degradation.jpg 400w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Environmental-Degradation-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Environmental-Degradation-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40508\" alt=\"Our environments, both our physical and human (moral), are in peril, in more ways than you likely realize\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/environmental-degradation\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Environmental Degradation<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">Yes! The environment is in danger. But, <strong>it is actually worse<\/strong> (and, more complicated) <strong>than you think<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_23 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-23\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alienation.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alienation.jpg 400w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alienation-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alienation-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40502\" alt=\"alienation\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/alienation\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Alienation<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Society and individuals are alienated! We are \u201cmarked by <strong>a \u2018globalization of indifference\u2019<\/strong> that makes us\u2026closed in on ourselves.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/peace\/documents\/papa-francesco_20131208_messaggio-xlvii-giornata-mondiale-pace-2014.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"alternate-link\"><em>(Pope Francis, 1)<\/em><\/span><\/a> \u00a0The consequences are devastating!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>CLICK<\/strong> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_24 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-24\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Radical-Secularism.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Radical-Secularism.jpg 400w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Radical-Secularism-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Radical-Secularism-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-40516\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\">Radical Secularism<\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>[COMING SOON]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u201cThe greatest challenge of our time\u201d!<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2006\/april\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060406_xxi-wyd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425\"><em>(Pope Benedict XVI, 3)<\/em><\/span>\u200b<\/a>\u00a0<span><strong>Why?<\/strong> Radical secularism holds that there is no such thing as an objective truth. But, \u201cWithout truth, without trust and love for what is true...social action ends up serving private interests and the logic of power.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20090629_caritas-in-veritate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>(Pope Benedict XVI, 5)<\/em>\u200b<\/a>\u00a0Sound familiar?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_25 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-25\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Politics-Icon-v2.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Politics-Icon-v2.png 500w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CAPP-Politics-Icon-v2-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-52428\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/catholic-social-teaching-voting\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">How to Vote<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Participation in politics is a Christian obligation: <\/strong>\u201cWe, Christians, cannot \u2018play Pilate\u2019 and wash our hands\u2026We must participate in politics because politics is one of the highest forms of charity\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2013\/june\/documents\/papa-francesco_20130607_scuole-gesuiti.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>(Pope Francis)<\/em>\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CLICK <\/strong>to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_59 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_30 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_38 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_60 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_56 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Why These Issues Matter<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_57 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>Catholic social teaching informs our consciences and requires action from us, the lay faithful. \u201cWorking for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. <strong>It is a moral obligation.<\/strong><br \/>\nFor Christians, the responsibility is even greater: <strong>it is a commandment.<\/strong>\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_58 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2015\/july\/documents\/papa-francesco_20150709_bolivia-movimenti-popolari.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Francis<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_divider_7 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_bottom et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_31 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_39 et_pb_row et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_61 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_62 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_slider_1 et_pb_slider et_pb_slider_fullwidth_off et_pb_slider_show_image et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module three-principles\"><div class=\"et_pb_slides\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_slide_26 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-26\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3-Key-principle-icons-resized.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3-Key-principle-icons-resized.png 600w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3-Key-principle-icons-resized-300x235.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" class=\"wp-image-33298\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/catholic-social-teaching-principles\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Three Key Principles<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\">Catholic social teaching is built on three foundational principles -<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Human Dignity<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Solidarity\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Subsidiarity.\u00a0<em>Human Dignity<\/em><\/strong>, embodied in a correct understanding of the human person, is the greatest. The others flow from it. Good governments and good economic systems find ways of fostering the three principles: \u201cThe State must contribute to the achievement of these goals both directly and indirectly. Indirectly and according to the<em>\u00a0principle of <strong>subsidiarity<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>by creating favorable conditions for the free exercise of economic activity, which will lead to abundant opportunities for employment and sources of wealth. Directly and according to the\u00a0<em>principle of <strong>solidarity<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>by defending the weakest\u201d <em><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #054368;\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 15)<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_slide_27 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-27\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/human-dignity-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/human-dignity-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/human-dignity-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-26945\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\">Human Dignity<\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">This means a correct understanding of the human person and of each person\u2019s unique value. All Catholic social teaching flows from this: the inherent dignity of every person that comes from being made in God\u2019s image. This is \u201cthe basis not only of the unity of the human family but also of our inviolable <strong>human dignity<\/strong>\u201d (Pope Benedict XVI) and it is in this beginning that human rights are grounded.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_slide_28 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-28\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/solidarity-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/solidarity-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/solidarity-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-26947\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\">Solidarity<\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Solidarity<\/strong> is not \u201ca feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of others. It is a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good\u201d <span style=\"color: #eb7425;\"><em><a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425;\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_enc_30121987_sollicitudo-rei-socialis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 38)<\/a><\/em><\/span>. Love of God and love of neighbor are, in fact, linked and form one, single commandment. \u201cWe cannot believe in God the Father without seeing a brother or sister in every person, and we cannot follow Jesus without giving our lives for those for whom he died on the cross.\u201d<span class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425;\"><em><a style=\"color: #eb7425;\" href=\"https:\/\/m.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2015\/july\/documents\/papa-francesco_20150708_bolivia-benvenuto.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> (Pope Francis)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_slide_29 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-29\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/subsidiarity-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/subsidiarity-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/subsidiarity-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-26946\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\">Subsidiarity<\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Subsidiarity<\/strong> identifies how decisions in society need to be taken at the lowest competent level. \u201cIt is a fundamental principle of social philosophy, fixed and unchangeable, that one should not withdraw from individuals and commit to the community what they can accomplish by their own enterprise and industry. So, too, it is an injustice and at the same time a grave evil and a disturbance of right order to transfer to the larger and higher collectivity functions which can be performed and provided for by the lesser and subordinate bodies\u201d. <span class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425;\"><a style=\"color: #eb7425;\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_p-xi_enc_19310515_quadragesimo-anno.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>(Pope Pius XI, 79)<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_63 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_32 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width footer-newsletter\" id=\"newsletter\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_40 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_animated 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