Across East Africa, a generation that has inherited drought-scorched fields and flood-swallowed homes is finding in ancient faith a language for urgent action. Young Catholics, guided by Pope Francis' Laudato Si' encyclical, are planting trees, cleaning coastlines, and pressing church institutions to align their investments with their professed values. In a region where 80 percent of the population is under 35 and climate disruption is not a distant forecast but a daily reality, this movement asks whether organized religion can become a genuine force for ecological justice — and whether its le
Young African Catholics mobilize faith-based climate action across East Africa
Millions in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan face extreme hunger from alternating droughts and floods; families displaced by floodwaters in Nairobi.