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… Divestment vote by Presbyterian Church …

… General Assembly is meeting in Detroit and one of their agenda items is to discuss divesting from Israel. Ugh. What they should do is NOT listen to Archbishop Desmond Tutu whose …

… Methodist Church Pension Board Links Divestment to Firm’s Role in Israeli Prisons …

… calling on Presbyterians to choose divestment …

… has emerged. Its members range from college students pestering their administrations to divest endowments in fossil fuel companies, to groups pushing legislation or litigation to take …

… announcement.   In addition, groups like GreenFaith are urging religious organizations to divest from stocks in fossil fuels. The grassroots 350.org has planned a massive rally Sept. 20 …

… Why should Catholic institutions consider divestment from fossil fuels? That question stoked a 40-minute discussion Monday night among scholars during a webinar exploring Catholic perspectives on divestment and reinvestment. Hosted by the interfaith group GreenFaith, the webinar was sponsored … missions by pulling their investments in fossil fuels. In the webinar, Demeo called divestment “a moral issue.” “The Catholic faith community such as our colleges and universities …

… Pope Francis urged to back fossil fuel divestment campaign …

… mind and brain." He argues: For millennia, contemplatives have known that ordinary people can divest themselves of the feeling that they call "I" and thereby relinquish the sense that they …

… Prize winner and retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu became the latest voice to join the calls for divestment from fossil fuels , as well as the use of boycotts and sanctions common in the … After reviewing relevant Catholic teaching on responsible investing, Demeo argued that divesting from fossil fuels wouldn't handicap university endowments, nor should such a scenario …

… Loyola University Chicago student president vetoes measure encouraging divestment from Israel …

… University Chicago's student government president vetoed a resolution that would have endorsed divestment from companies that do business in Israel. On March 18, Loyola University Chicago's … students at University of California, Irvine passed a measure recommending that the university divest from companies making profits in Israel, with the University of California, Berkeley …

… Luther King Jr. that challenge the fossil fuel industry. As churches were once urged to stop divesting in businesses supporting apartheid in South Africa, he encourages congregations to divest from oil, gas and coal industries and invest in clean energy instead. In early March, he’s … drafted Yearwood to lead a Black History Month webinar to discuss “eco-leadership and divestment” with African-American churches. “We have found that the best ways to engage …

… GreenFaith . They sponsor everything from “preach-ins” on climate action to ideas on how to divest from fossil fuel stocks.  Meanwhile, the Loretto Community and two other local …

… oversupply of Catholic schools at primary level,” said Drumm, though he added that a “blanket divesting” from church-run schools would only harm the education system. Atheists like Donnelly …

… At another point, she disputes the Legion's "theory" that the general intent of a donor "divests his executor of standing" to bring action against a perceived fraud. Such a theory "leads …

… subscribe-now.jpg sample-button_match2.jpg   1-divest.jpg … A call to divest from fossil fuels …

… has been made of Pope Francis' job description for diocesan bishops. They should live simply, divested of royal trappings and unafraid to smell like the sheep. Bishop Álvaro Ramazzini Imeri …

… A few weeks ago, I had a brief debate with my colleague Claire Schaeffer-Duffy on the issue of divestment from Israeli companies. Rather than engage in the usual discussion about Israel and …

… latest issue of Harper's Magazine provides a detailed and fascinating report about the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against SodaStream, a kitchen appliance made by an …