environment

April 22, 2022

The adventure of Otto, the inquisitive octopus

By Angela Pidduck Cynthia Sheila Ellis has dedicated her first publication Inquisitive Otto, the story of Otto the Octopus, to: “Gabriella, my five-year-old grand-daughter: a beam […]
May 21, 2021

The Green Army keeps environmental discussions alive

As the local Church joins Catholics around the globe in celebrating Laudato Si’ Week May 16-25, Catholic News caught up with Green Army—a local national movement […]
May 18, 2021

T&T is first Global Catholic Climate Movement Chapter in English-speaking Caribbean

Trinidad and Tobago is now the home of the official Chapter of the Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM). The GCCM is an international, ecological movement of […]
May 19, 2020

Laudato Si celebrates 5: Prophetic and Relevant as Ever

This year, Pope Francis’ encyclical on care for our common home- ‘Laudato Si’ commemorates its five-year anniversary. For 2020 Catholics around the world acknowledge ‘Laudo Si […]
April 22, 2020

An Earth Day unlike any other

Today, Wednesday, April 22, marks the 50th celebration of International Mother Earth Day—a unified response to an environment in crisis. The theme of this year’s Earth […]
March 7, 2020

Beach clean-up to “hear the cries of the earth and the poor”

A long letter has been sent by the Pope to address the most concerning issues of the world today. The effect of climate change on a […]
January 17, 2020

The fires ‘down under’

Since August 2019 to now, the major international news networks have reported that acres of land in Australia have been burning. Former Catholic News Editor JUNE […]
January 3, 2020

A challenge of civilisation

As we look forward to this new year, there are many issues that compete for our attention. As a nation, we continued to be worried about […]