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The United States has an obligation to honor the Paris climate agreement to protect "our people and our planet" and "mitigate the worst impacts of climate change," said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace.

Scientists, activists and people of faith are assisting with the initiative and a forthcoming website will help Catholics in any diocese.

VATICAN CITY (CNA/EWTN News) — Pope Francis has dedicated the month of July to praying for the world’s indigenous peoples, asking specifically in his new prayer video that their identity and cultural traditions be respected.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — El Papa Francisco se presentó él mismo ante el presidente Barack Obama y ante todo el pueblo de los Estados Unidos como “hijo de una familia de inmigrantes”, que llegaba a los EEUU por primera vez para aprender de otros y para compartir su propia experiencia.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Francis introduced himself to President Barack Obama and all people of the United States as a “son of an immigrant family” arriving in the United States for the first time to learn from others and to share from his own experience.

WASHINGTON (ACI) — En el vuelo que lo llevó de Cuba a Washington, D.C., el Papa Francisco respondió ante los periodistas que lo acompañan a quienes lo acusan de ser un antipapa, comunista y hasta cuestionan que sea católico.

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM CUBA (CNS) — Pope Francis defended his position on the economy, the environment and other social issues as faithful repetitions of the basic Catholic social doctrine.

"Sufficient decent work that honors dignity and families is a necessary component of the task before us, and it is the Catholic way," the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development said.

Along with having a winning smile and a warm embrace, Pope Francis is known for challenging people.

The students were in the U.S. Capitol Aug. 4 learning about the Clean Power Plan from representatives of the Catholic Climate Covenant, the Franciscan Action Network, the Friends Committee on National Legislation, WE ACT for Environmental Justice and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism.