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What Should the Presbyterians Do?
… 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 …
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… prelates, … Francis asks forgiveness for clergy graft … Methodist Church Pension Board Links Divestment to Firm’s Role in Israeli Prisons … Guadalupe, Mexico -- On Facebook priest professes …
Morning Briefing
… Communist Party. Detroit: Archbishop Desmond Tutu is … calling on Presbyterians to choose divestment … from the Israeli occupation. PP-header_with-outline.jpg Looking for a little …
We all engage in collateral damage to the earth
… 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 …
An end to the reign of 'Old King Coal'?
… 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 …
Scholars explore Catholic path to fossil fuel divestment
… Brian Roewe … 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 …
An Earth Day roundup of Catholic ecology news and commentary
… dark skies and starry nights … by Sr. Joan Chittister … Pope Francis urged to back fossil fuel divestment campaign … Thomas Berry's legacy unfolds like the universe … Franciscan scholar: … ‘We …
Reclaiming the mystical interpretation of the Resurrection
… 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 …
Calls for fossil fuel divestment continue to burn
… 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 …
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… aghast at today's GOP … Loyola University Chicago student president vetoes measure encouraging divestment from Israel … Two church leaders urge Senate to pass Smarter Sentencing Act … …
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 …