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Serious climate message underlies exuberant student strikes in Ireland
… protests, won't be in the country for the major gathering March 15. She will be speaking at a divestment conference for faith-based actors in Washington, D.C. The conference will also include …
Links for 1/10/19
… state laws that require contractors to pledge they will not participate in boycotts of divestment campaigns aimed at Israel. I oppose the BDS movement (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) with every fiber of my being. It reflects all the worst instincts of the …
Advent devotionals, abbreviated edition
… is what is humbled. Why does God, who has so much power, choose not to use it but instead to divest in us? Prayer: Straighten me out, O God, and then fill me with your power. Keep me out of …
Airbnb's delisting of West Bank properties draws accusations of anti-Semitism
… three messengers from God in his tent, turning away guests. Activists in the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement have long urged Airbnb and other companies to stop doing …
Campus Notebook: Fossil fuel divestment; debt deal for shuttered St. Joseph's
… James Dearie … SEATTLE — … Seattle University will soon divest from fossil fuels, the university announced Sept. 19. "We join with others also at the forefront of the growing divestment movement and hope our action encourages more to do the same," university president … of its holdings in companies owning fossil fuel reserves by the end of 2020, and to be fully divested by the end of 2023. According to a report in The Seattle Times , Seattle University will …
Morning Briefing
… business dispute." The news: Two weeks ago, the Archdiocese of Suva, Fiji, announced its divestment from fossil fuels. The commentary: … Catholic Church must keep up its clear, inspiring …
Vatican must keep up its clear, inspiring leadership in climate crisis
… more can the faithful possibly do? Two weeks ago, the Archdiocese of Suva, Fiji, announced its divestment from fossil fuels. The announcement also included the Irish Catholic Bishops' … of Churches, the Church of Sweden, the Lutheran World Federation and many others have also divested. Together, these leaders are demonstrating the courage, resolve and love the world … known as the Vatican bank) to consider how it, too, can play a role in the movement to divest, a movement that is giving so much hope to so many people. As Cardinal Luis Tagle, …
World leaders, faith groups gather for Global Climate Action Summit
… the climate action summit's official kickoff, 19 Catholic institutions announced intentions to divest their financial resources from fossil fuels. With that latest joint divestment declaration, 122 Catholic organizations and religious communities have now publicly …
Morning Briefing
… Peace' details discussions of Vatican's just war conference Ireland's bishops pledge to divest from fossil fuels [Joshua J. McElwee is NCR Vatican correspondent. His email address is …
Ireland's bishops pledge to divest from fossil fuels
… Brian Roewe … On the heels of Ireland's passage of a bill to divest the country from fossil fuels, its Catholic bishops followed suit as a response to the … of Families and a two-day visit from Pope Francis. The Irish bishops' conference said the divestment process will remove from its financial holdings the top 200 oil and gas companies, in … this summer, comes a month after Ireland became the first country in the world to commit to divesting its investment fund of public money from peat, coal, oil and gas companies — estimated …