Brian Roewe

Kansas City

Environment Correspondent at National Catholic Reporter

Environment correspondent for @NCRonline, on the EarthBeat (@EarthBeatNCR). Perpetually wary of ringwraiths, ready for baseball. We went Blues.

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Articles

Protect life by protecting the oceans, faith groups tell UN conference

2 weeks ago | ncronline.org | Brian Roewe

As humanity works to curtail threats to life posed by climate change, degraded ecosystems and pollution, faith communities are sounding the alarm not to overlook the original source of life that sustains billions of people and species alike — the oceans. The moral responsibility to protect the high seas is a message that faith leaders are delivering this week in Nice, France, at the third United Nations Ocean Conference (June 9-13).
In Kentucky coal country, Laudato Si' call takes shape in parish environmental plans

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Brian Roewe

13 hours agoKids' breakfast cereals have been getting more unhealthy, study findsBreakfast cereal is often appealing for being easy, kid friendly — and sweet. But a recent study found that children's breakfast cereals have been …15 hours agoStudy shows employees assigned more complex projects early in their work history had better career outcomesEmployees' early work experiences in an organization can significantly affect their socialization.
'A pope in muddy boots': Viral photos of Leo XIV reveal a history of pastoral care

1 month ago | ncronline.org | Brian Roewe

The photo shows a man wearing a simple, short-sleeved white shirt and gray pants with a bishop’s cross around his neck standing in floodwaters up to the shins of his black rubber boots. A somber look rests on his face as he scans a village inundated with high brown water. In another photo, his head hangs low as he walks with two men and a woman down a street turned canal.
Federal court pauses transfer of Oak Flat sacred site to mining company

1 month ago | ncronline.org | Brian Roewe

A federal judge in Phoenix paused a land transfer of 2,400 acres — including the centuries-old Western Apache sacred site, Oak Flat — to a foreign mining company while the U.S. Supreme Court considers a separate appeal on religious protection grounds.
Lessons for Leo XIV from his predecessor Leo XIII

1 month ago | ncronline.org | NCR Voices Lessons |Michael Sean Winters |Camillo Barone |Brian Roewe

Leo XIII, who served as pope 1878-1903, is depicted in a window at Holy Family Church in Mitchell, South Dakota, in a 1999 file photo. His 1891 encyclical on labor, Rerum Novarum, marks the start of modern Catholic social teaching. (CNS/Crosiers) Pope Leo XIV, in a meeting with cardinals two days after his election, explained that he chose that name as an acknowledgment of the similarities of our own time with those of Pope Leo XIII.
Top Augustinians and friends of Leo XIV reflect on relationship with former boss

1 month ago | ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |Camillo Barone |Brian Roewe |NCR Voices Lessons

An undated file photo shows Pope John Paul II greeting then-Augustinian Fr. Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV. He became the first U.S. pope in history to be elected pope May 8, 2025, at the Vatican. (OSV News/Augustinian Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel handout via Reuters) Augustinian Fr. Giuseppe Caruso recalls a moment of deep uncertainty during his years as an Augustinian friar.
Release jailed journalists, says Pope Leo XIV in audience with media

1 month ago | ncronline.org | NCR Voices Lessons |Camillo Barone |Michael Sean Winters |Brian Roewe

Pope Leo XIV greets a woman in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican May 12, 2025, during a meeting with representatives of the media who covered his election. (OSV News photo/Vatican Media) “Good morning, and thank you for this wonderful reception! They say when they clap at the beginning it doesn't matter much... If you are still awake at the end, and still want to applaud...
Before he was pope, Leo XIV said it's time for action on climate change

1 month ago | ncronline.org | Brian Roewe

The world is still getting to know Pope Leo XIV, and that includes where he stands on environmental issues like climate change. Even with few details, environmentalists both within and outside the Catholic Church seem optimistic based on what they have learned so far about Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, the Augustinian friar and first successor to St. Peter from the United States.
Choice of 'Leo' as new pope's name is likely no surprise for some

1 month ago | ncronline.org | Catherine M. Odell |Heidi Schlumpf |Brian Fraga |Brian Roewe

Pope Leo XIV, the former Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, waves to the crowds in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after his election as pope May 8, 2025. The new pope was born in Chicago. (CNS/Vatican Media) Although the choice of the name "Leo" may have taken the world by surprise as the American-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost chose his papal name on May 8, church historians familiar with the cardinal's career and the needs of the church were probably not surprised.
White smoke, Black pope? Genealogist says Leo XIV has Louisiana African roots

1 month ago | ncronline.org | Nathaniel Tinner |Heidi Schlumpf |Brian Fraga |Brian Roewe

The Catholic Church has a new leader, with the Augustinian Cardinal Robert Prevost elected as Pope Leo XIV, his chosen name as bishop of Rome. He is the first North American pope and, according to a prominent genealogist, a pope with African-Creole ancestry. The understated candidate triumphed on the second day of voting in a count kept under permanent Vatican seal.