The moral test: Conserving creation and the 2026 election | Column

I found great joy recently in the announcement from the Catholic Church that environmental destruction is now considered a sin against creation and the Creator. This evolving philosophy extends and deepens Pope Leo’s earlier lessons and teachings on “ecological sin” to the broader and more holistic “sin against creation and against the Creator.” These thoughtful, heartfelt and urgent words capture the Pontiff’s expanding focus on the Catholic Chu…