WASHINGTON – Caritas Internationalis, the Catholic Church's worldwide network of humanitarian 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.
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International
VATICAN – The Vatican Gardens has branched out and added a small orchard to its hillsides, becoming a safe haven for a number of endangered native Italian fruit and nut tree species.
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Vatican
March 23, 2018
Latin American bishops call for 'ecological conversion'
LIMA, Peru – Less than two months after Pope Francis spoke out about environmental destruction in the Amazon basin during a visit to Peru, bishops from Latin America and the Caribbean have issued a pastoral letter calling the region's Catholics to an "integral ecological conversion."
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International
March 12, 2018
Five years of Francis: Pope takes bumpy road to change
In 2015 the Pope gave an interview to the Mexican media giant Televisa and said, “I have the sense that my pontificate will be brief — four or five years.” On March 13 he will have hit the five-year mark. He is 81 years old.
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International
February 26, 2018
Jesuit brings his case for nature, technology and loneliness to Campion
REGINA – In modern society, people talk plenty about nature and the environment, but when it comes down to reality, they don’t actually experience what God has created around us.
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Higher Education
February 14, 2018
A leap into drastic change in environmental policy
Development and Peace has signed onto a political manifesto that reflects in part the teaching of Pope Francis in a call for drastic change in environmental policy.
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Canada
February 13, 2018
Rural Ontario high school recognized for their stewardship of creation
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Arts News
January 19, 2018
Pope in Peru expected to revisit themes addressed in Chile
LIMA, Peru – Pope Francis was greeted by the Peruvian president, the country's bishops, a military honour guard and a children's orchestra on his arrival in Peru on Jan. 18. During his visit, he will meet with Amazonian indigenous people from three countries, visit a neighbourhood devastated by flooding early last year, and pray in the place of Peru's greatest popular religious devotion.
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International
December 15, 2017
Sisters of St. Joseph join global push to create Blue planet
Blue is the new green. At least that is the case for the Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Canada.
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Canada
November 16, 2017
Catholics make case against fossil fuels
The Catholics at the United Nations climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany, are demanding oil and coal be left in the ground starting now.
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Canada
November 14, 2017
Philippine church leaders urge Trudeau to take back toxic waste
MANILA, Philippines – Catholic Church leaders in the Philippines are calling on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take back several shipping containers of toxic waste that arrived in the country from Canada in 2013, reported ucanews.com.
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International
October 19, 2017
Moral leadership of 'Laudato Si' becoming more evident
As more than 40 Catholic institutions announced they would no longer invest in fossil fuel companies, a former United Nations chief climate negotiator said the Pope’s environmental vision laid out in Laudato Si’ is becoming even more relevant.
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International
WASHINGTON – Nearly two dozen people, including a juvenile, were arrested as they blocked workers from starting construction of a short leg of a natural gas pipeline on property owned by the Adorers of the Blood of Christ congregation in Columbia, Pennsylvania.
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International
October 13, 2017
Comment: Our environmental abuse puts us on a road to ruin
The August and September hurricanes of Harvey, Irma and Jose drowned out two fleeting news items that should keep us awake at night with anguish about how we’re treating our planet.
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Guest Columns
October 6, 2017
Forty Catholic institutions to stop investing in fossil fuels
WASHINGTON – Forty Catholic institutions, including the Belgian bishops' conference and a leading church social welfare agency in South Africa, have decided to divest from fossil fuel companies.
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International