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Vatican Launches Digital Atlas to Map Catholic Ecological Initiatives
Confirmed
In Short: The Laudato Si’ Action Platform has launched a new Digital Atlas to track ecological efforts by Catholic institutions worldwide.
On November 5, 2026, the Laudato Si’ Action Platform unveiled a Digital Atlas during a press conference at the Holy See Press Office to map ecological initiatives by Catholic institutions globally.
The Digital Atlas, developed in collaboration with the Leonum Institute of The Catholic University of America and the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome, allows users to explore participating institutions by country or diocese and access their ecological plans and experiences.
The Platform's next priorities include improving accessibility, strengthening the use of data, and developing a global network of Digital Missionaries.
The Borgo, conceived as a place for education, research, and experimentation, serves as a laboratory for integral ecology, capable of translating the principles of Catholic Social Teaching into practices and models that can be replicated in other contexts.
What this adds
The Digital Atlas aims to connect Catholic institutions' ecological initiatives with geographical and environmental data, advancing Pope Francis’ ecological vision outlined in Laudato Si’.
Background
The Vatican has launched a new digital atlas to advance Pope Francis’ ecological vision outlined in Laudato Si’.
The Vatican has launched a new digital atlas to advance Pope Francis’ ecological vision, aiming to connect Catholic institutions' ecological initiatives with geographical and environmental data.
What's confirmed
- Launched in 2021 following the Laudato Si’ Year announced by Pope Francis in 2020, the Platform provides a digital space for families, parishes, schools, religious congregations and dioceses to develop ecological plans, undertake practical initiatives and monitor their progress.
- The press conference also presented a new digital atlas to demonstrate the Church’s commitment to integral ecology worldwide.
- The interactive tool, he said, allows users to explore participating institutions by country or diocese and, where permission has been granted, access their ecological plans and experiences.
What's still developing
- “The pace of ecological destruction is not slowing to match the pace of institutional change,” she said, urging the Church to ensure that ecological conversion influences institutional decisions and everyday life.
- Ten years after the publication of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’, the Vatican has launched a new digital atlas to advance his ecological vision.
- They reflected on achievements and progress and presented new initiatives such as the launch of a new Digital Atlas that will help Catholic communities share experiences and respond to environmental challenges.
- Highlighting the fact that a particular focus will be on communities with limited internet access, he said that for the first time, the core Platform journey will be available through printed resources, enabling communities to reflect, develop ecological plans, identify actions and review their progress offline.
- Following the Laudato Si’ Year announced by Pope Francis in 2020, the Platform provides a digital space for families, parishes, schools, religious congregations, and dioceses to develop ecological plans, undertake practical initiatives, and monitor their progress.
- Now, Pope Leo XIV begins his pontificate with a fresh call for harmony with creation and bold action, urging Catholics to move “from words to action” in caring for our common home.
Sources
- Catholic Connectlink
- EWTN Newslink
- National Catholic Registerlink
- Vaticannewslink
- Zenitlink
- Warpbeatlink
- Bccatholiclink
- WarpBeat — background on Vatican Launches Digital Atlas to Support Laudato Si’ link
- WarpBeat — background on Vatican Launches Digital Atlas to Advance Ecological Vision link
- Laudato Si Action Platform — video link