Three months after the murder of Juan López, a Honduran church worker and environmental activist whose death was publicly mourned by Pope Francis, the bishops of Latin America are raising awareness of attacks against those fighting for social justice in the continent.

Dr. Philip Landrigan, an epidemiologist and pediatrician who has studied the health impacts of plastics, spoke with EarthBeat after U.N. negotiations adjourned Dec. 2 without a treaty to address plastic pollution.

In an exclusive, RNS is publishing the leaked minutes of a heavenly committee on the future of humanity and the Earth, weighing in on global warming's progression, which if not stopped will have catastrophic consequences for the planet and its inhabitants.