The only thing I really knew Iceland for was its hot dogs, sold from a stand called Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur. Novelist John Green reviewed them on a five-star...
Ecological justice
Reported stories, essays, and critical reviews dealing with ecological justice and our relationship with the rest of creation.
Along the beach by the Mission Point Lighthouse facing the Grand Traverse Bay in northern Michigan, visitors’ shoes crunch over millions of shells that are on...
Meeting the Enemy By Kevin J. O’Brien (Fortress Press, 2025) Some faith groups have called for fossil fuel divestment as a way to stifle climate change. But...
Through this Fire Across from Peter Balkan The Mountain Goats (Cadmean Dawn, 2025) Despite the title, the prominent element in the Mountain Goats’ latest album...
For many people who use artificial intelligence, it is easy to ignore the reality of where this technology physically lives: data centers. These massive...
How do you teach someone who doesn’t want to learn? You might look for new ways to engage people who, at best, are indifferent to your message and at worst...
In Orlando, Florida, in 2012, a wife and husband cultivated a healthy vegetable garden in their front yard. But the city of Orlando fined and prohibited them...
During a January East Coast snowstorm, 18 diocesan representatives gathered in person in Washington D.C. to discuss how faith called them to respond to the...
For our Sounding Board column, U.S. Catholic asks authors to argue one side of a many-sided issue of importance to Catholics around the country. We also invite...
From Alaska’s pale blue glaciers to Florida’s coral reef, from Iowa’s lush wheatfields to California’s giant sequoias, from the vast Great Lakes to the adobe...






