Archbishop Borys Gudziak and Bishop David Malloy, chairs of the domestic and international justice and peace committees for the U.S. bishops' conference, urged ecological conversion both in personal lifestyles and public policy around environmental justice and climate change.
Christiana Figueres, the United Nations official who brokered the 2015 Paris Agreement, , outlines the moral, technological and economic imperatives to commit to net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.
The Vatican's criminal court ordered two climate activists to pay more than $30,000 in damages after they glued themselves to an ancient sculpture in the Vatican Museums to draw attention to the effects of climate change.
The invitation of Laudato Si' is not only to identify the closeness of the relationship between the cries of the Earth and the poor, but also to discern how persons and communities of faith can and are giving of their lives in response to the cries.
Thanks to a recent donation from the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, Network Lobby for Catholic Social Justice will expand its lobbying portfolio on Capitol Hill to include climate advocacy.
Catholic environmental activists in Africa are expressing grave concern after a group of bishops in Tanzania endorsed a proposed crude oil pipeline project, amid increasing calls to abandon fossil fuels to tackle climate changes.
Recently, the Ecuador army raided mining zones and removed dozens of machines, says Bishop Adelberto Jiménez. "But after a week or so, they were all back to the forest. We demand that more forceful measures are taken."
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