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Irish pastoral worker tweets Laudato Si' to Trump, line by line
… per capita carbon emissions. As for her own country, Mellett called Ireland's recent vote to divest from fossil fuels "a huge success story" in which Irish Catholics in particular can take …
Erin Lothes
… Movement. She was also chair of Catholic Theological Society of America's ad hoc Fossil Fuel Divestment Review Committee and is a consultant to the Climate Justice Committee. …
Ireland adopts 100-percent fossil fuel divestment strategy
… 12 when it became the first country in the world to pass a bill committing the country to the divestment of all of its holdings in fossil fuel companies. The passing of the Fossil Fuel … Agreement on climate change in 2015. It requires the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund to divest all public money from peat, coal, oil and gas companies nationally and internationally "as …
Jesus founded a movement led by both women and men
… It is amazing that dozens of Catholic institutions, including Caritas Internationalis , have divested from fossil fuels . On the other hand, I am dismayed by yet another statement from the …
Being a community is how we become disciples of Jesus
… gas companies to transition to less polluting forms of energy, with the threat of fossil-fuel divestment sometimes used as a stick. The pope said oil and gas companies had made commendable …
Big oil to meet with Vatican officials, Pope Francis
… the church's humanitarian aid network Caritas Internationalis , have announced they would divest from fossil fuels in recent years as part of a campaign steered by the Global Catholic …
Catholic leaders see growing concern among investors about gun violence
… investors to either engage constructively with gun companies on the topic of gun violence or divest portfolios of gun stocks." The center also noted that "after constructive dialogue" with …
Catholic group pressures bank to divest from nuclear weapons
… local campaign called Stop Banking the Bomb and took action April 24 to encourage PNC bank to divest from nuclear weapons. Members of the Association of Pittsburgh Priests , which described … own blood. ICAN in particular has a campaign called Don't Bank on the Bomb that encourages divestment from nuclear weapons worldwide. Although it has had some success, Survil pointed out … While religious orders are quicker to change, Survil added, dioceses are slow to consider divestment, and he wouldn't be surprised if many priests' retirement funds were partially …
Church teaching leads Catholic entities to divest from fossil fuels
… aid agencies, three German banks and more than 30 other Catholic institutions are planning to divest at least part of their financial portfolios from the fossil fuel industry. The divestment announcement by the Global Catholic Climate Movement April 22, Earth Day, is part of a …
Divestment from fossil fuels is a witness to our faith
… … Erin Lothes … This week, an international coalition of Catholic institutions announced its divestment from fossil fuels. These include Caritas Internationalis (a Vatican-affiliated … the greater good of a fossil fuel-free world, they made the tough but courageous decision to divest. With help from professional advisors, the sisters shifted assets from fossil fuels to … that maintains the minimum shares needed to support shareholder engagement and reinvests any divested shares in clean energy keeps the lines of dialogue open, while also making a clear …
Campus Notebook: Fordham taken to court over club; Newman cancels LGBT exhibit
… granting recognition. Students for Justice in Palestine is associated with the "Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions" movement, which advocates penalties against Israel for actions the … run contrary to the mission and values of the University." He added, "The call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions of Israel presents a barrier to open dialogue and mutual learning and …