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Sustainable Development Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

A boy and young man help a woman wade through floodwaters in Busia, Kenya, May 3, 2020. Some African Catholic advocates believe the church needs to do more to advance the ideas in Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, "Laudato Si'." (CNS photo/Thomas Mukoya, Reu

Nun leads young Kenyans to make 'little contributions' to Laudato Si'

Franciscan Sr. Mary Frances Wangari is working with young Kenyans to put Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, "Laudato Si'" into action.

Sr. Helen Kearney, center, president of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood, New York, and St. Joseph Sr. Mary Doyle, right, participate in the Global Climate Strike in New York City Sept. 20, 2019. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz)
Faith

Women religious model the Christian ecological vocation

By Dawn Nothwehr

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