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World must come together to fight climate change, Pope Leo says
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — People of faith cannot love God while despising his creatures, and people cannot call themselves Christians without caring for everything fragile and wounded, including the earth, Pope Leo XIV told climate activists and...

Vatican enlists Schwarzenegger to bring muscle to Catholic Church’s climate push
Vatican enlists Schwarzenegger to bring muscle to Catholic Church's climate push (RNS) — The actor and former governor of California is among 1,000 thought leaders and activists who will gather for a Vatican-sponsored event to combat climate...

Pope Leo XIV, Arnold Schwarzenegger Promote Care for the Earth at Climate Conference
The Pope, in comments before his prepared remarks, said 'there is indeed an action hero with us today, it’s all of you.' Pope Leo XIV encouraged the world to unify around care for the planet as he took the stage at a climate justice conference...

‘Listen to the cry of the Earth’: Pope Leo takes aim at climate change sceptics
Pope Leo XIV has taken aim at people who “ridicule those who speak of global warming” as he strongly embraced Pope Francis’s environmental legacy and made it his own in some of his strongest and most extensive comments on the subject to date. Leo...

Vatican invites pro-abortion, pro-LGBT Arnold Schwarzenegger to speak on climate
News The former California governor, who officiated at two homosexual ‘weddings,’ spoke at a Vatican press conference ahead of a ‘climate justice’ meeting at Castel Gandolfo. (LifeSiteNews) — Actor-turned-California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger,...

Pope Leo XIV calls for more regulations to address climate change
Pope Leo XIV called on governments worldwide to increase regulations aimed at mitigating climate change, continuing the teachings of the late Pope Francis.The Chicago-born pope made the remarks at the Raising Hope conference just south of Rome....

Pope Leo condemns climate change critics
Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent ShareSave Pope Leo XIV speaking at the Raising Hope climate conference near Rome In his first major statement on climate change, Pope Leo XIV has hit out at those who minimise the "increasingly evident" impact...

Pope Leo calls for environmental action worldwide
Pope Leo XIV urged global citizens Wednesday to heed the “cry of the Earth” and to pressure governments to protect the environment, in a speech that came eight days after President Donald Trump excoriated world leaders for trying to address rising...

Schwarzenegger's 'action hero' pope says don't give up on climate change
Pope Leo XIV urged people Wednesday not to resign themselves to the global crisis of climate change but play an active part in stopping it, at an event with "Terminator" star Arnold Schwarzenegger. "There is no room for indifference or...

Pope Leo XIV takes aim at climate skeptics as he embraces predecessor's environmental legacy
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Schwarzenegger calls pope 'Action Hero' for climate acts
Hollywood star and climate activist Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday called Pope Leo XIV an "Action Hero", citing the title of one of his films, for his actions on the climate since becoming pontiff. Speaking at a conference at Castel Gandolfo...

Former California governor Schwarzenegger stands with Vatican climate initiative
Arnold Schwarzenegger downplayed the US Trump administration’s climate scepticism Tuesday and threw his weight behind the Vatican’s environmental initiative, saying individual choice, local policies and the moral leadership of the Catholic Church...

Vatican Envoy at UN Warns Against Unilateral Moves on Jerusalem, Calls for Renewal of Global Institutions
(ZENIT News / New York, 09.30.2025).- The Holy See’s top diplomat at the United Nations has delivered a stark warning on some of the world’s most entrenched conflicts, insisting that peace requires respect for international law and the...

Pope, Schwarzenegger Join Forces: Urge Catholics to ‘Terminate’ Climate Change
Actor and environmental activist Arnold Schwarzenegger flew in to join Pope Leo XIV in Rome on Tuesday to address a climate conference and deliver a message for all the Catholics in the world that the time has come to “terminate climate change.”...
Schwarzenegger defies Trump, backs Vatican’s environment initiative
VATICAN CITY — Arnold Schwarzenegger downplayed the Trump administration’s climate skepticism Tuesday and threw his weight behind the Vatican’s environmental initiative, saying individual choice, local regulations and the Catholic Church’s moral...

To Curb Hostilities, Vatican Cardinal Urges Southern Africa Pastoral Agents to Engage Migrants in Stakeholder Meetings
Amid such challenges, the Church’s response must always begin with an encounter that involves journeying with the marginalized groups, he told the SACBC Communication Officer on the sidelines of the September 24-29 event held in Eswatini’s only...

Vatican Climate
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger attends a press conference at the Vatican, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, to present the "Raising Hope for Climate Justice Conference," promoted by the Laudato Si' (Praise Be to You) Movement, which was...

Pope, Schwarzenegger To Rally Catholics To 'Terminate' Climate Change
Pope Leo XIV joins environmental experts and campaigners from around the world for a climate conference near Rome Wednesday featuring "Terminator" star Arnold Schwarzenegger. The three-day event marks the 10th anniversary of late Pope Francis's...
Arnold Schwarzenegger says joint action needed to ‘terminate’ pollution” ‘The Earth … is a living being’
VATICAN CITY — Arnold Schwarzenegger told reporters he knows that people get “pumped up” spiritually at Mass, but he wishes he could go to Mass at least once and hear a homily on what Catholics can and should do to reduce pollution. The Catholic...

Arnold Schwarzenegger arrives at the Vatican to participate in environment conference
"Raising Hope on Climate Change" is the name of the international conference that will take place in Castel Gandolfo from October 1 to 3, as part of the tenth anniversary of Laudato Si’. LORNA GOLD Director of Laudato Si’ One of the great things...