As we reflect in the Easter and Pentecost seasons on the glory in Christ’s resurrection and ascension, we remember that His redemption reconciled us not only to God and to our fellow men, but to all of creation. Many Catholics ignore or forget that third reconciliation.
Today, we must reclaim it.
It is not that faithful Catholics lack zeal for God’s creation. We rightly pour our energy into defending life from abortion and IVF, and into recognizing the dignity of the poor. But on ecological teaching, many have gone silent — and the secular left has rushed to fill the void.
Those who shout loudest about the Earth often treat humanity with contempt, parroting anti-natalist rhetoric that frames human life as the enemy of nature. The absence of action has come at a cost.
We need a theologically grounded, pro-human, thoroughly Catholic approach to the environment—one that recognizes the dangers of left-wing environmentalism while still upholding our God-given mission to care for the Earth.
This is personal for me. A few months ago, I started a Catholic organization called Vita et Terra, Latin for “Life and Earth,” to help awaken authentic environmental consciousness among Catholics so that, together, we can become true stewards of God’s
