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In pastoral statement, California bishops outline Laudato Si' action plan
… energy and energy efficiency projects, and even begin a discussion about the possibility for divestment from fossil fuels. Home to Yosemite, the lush Central Valley and towering, … conservation practices." In addition, the bishops said they would explore "opportunities for divestment from fossil fuels, whether through Diocese bank investments, oil leases, etc." While … numerous religious congregations and Catholic universities have committed to fossil fuel divestment , no U.S. diocese has yet to take the step. The Los Angeles Archdiocese itself has …
Your thoughts on a humble church, role of women, clergy sexual abuse and more
… tropes which now are totally turned against Muslims. There is nothing anti-Semitic about divesting from Israel when it violates international law. The blockade of food, medicines and …
Laudato Si' Generation rallies Catholic youth for climate strikes
… commit to 100% renewable energy by 2030 and to adopt ethical investment guidelines that would divest church finances from fossil fuels. It also calls on world leaders to meet the Paris …
Dioceses in major maritime areas pledge fossil fuel divestment
… maritime trade centers and ports are among the dozen latest Catholic institutions to commit to divest financial holdings from fossil fuels. The joint announcement was made Tuesday, days after … Vatican-sponsored conference on the challenges facing the oceans and coastal areas. Among the divesting dioceses are the Panama City Archdiocese, adjacent to the Panama Canal and the first … ships by 80%. The standard will go into effect beginning January 2020. Just days before the divestment announcement and ahead of an IMO meeting next week in London, the Vatican Dicastery …
Where science warnings fail, can moral force push us out of climate inertia?
… cite the encyclical. More than 120 Catholic organizations worldwide have publicly committed to divesting their finances from fossil fuels, including Caritas Internationalis and the bishops of … have been out front on this for decades," DiLeo said. Of the Catholic groups that have divested from fossil fuels, almost one-fifth have been congregations or orders of women …
Links for 4/2/19
… . The author is too nice to point out that the college protests in support of BDS — boycott, divestment, sanctions — movement is only the latest indicator that college students often know …
Catholic Church in Austria to divest from fossil fuels
… their scope. The Austrian bishops' announcement appears to be the most sweeping fossil fuel divestment to date made by Catholic bishops. "Financial means of the Church must not exert a … to avoid the worst warming scenarios. To date, more than 1,000 institutions worldwide have divested an estimated $8.5 trillion from fossil fuels. Twenty-eight percent have been … Catholic institutions. Many of those, including the Austrian bishops, made the move through a divest-invest initiative of the Global Catholic Climate Movement. Tomás Insua, executive …
Activists emphasize urgency, hope at Catholic divestment conference
… — to effectively organize to combat climate change at a March 15 conference on fossil fuel divestment in Washington, D.C. On the same day that thousands of students around the world … legislation, three Catholics prominent in climate action efforts spoke about the importance of divesting from fossil fuels as part of the Catholic Divestment" conference sponsored by the …
Copy Desk Daily, March 18, 2019
… for telling connection between the deep summons of God and the patient work of social divestment and restoration." … Come to the water … ICYMI: St. Joseph Sr. Christine Schenk …
Come to the water
… for telling connection between the deep summons of God and the patient work of social divestment and restoration. The mandate is urgent because there is no one except those with this …