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October 10, 2016

Advocates celebrate that climate change agreement will take effect soon

Smoke billows out of factory chimneys Oct. 1 on the outskirts of Delhi, India. Members of the European Parliament voted in favor of the Paris U.N. COP 21 climate change agreement Oct. 4 at a plenary meeting in Strasbourg, France.

WASHINGTON – With a global agreement that addresses climate change now ready to go into effect, advocates took a moment to celebrate the milestone, but called for further actions to reduce carbon pollution.

Published in International
December 11, 2014

Time to tackle global warming running out, Pope tells climate summit

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon waves next to Peruvian Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal as they arrive for the opening of the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru, Dec. 9. In a message to Pulgar-Vidal, Pope Francis said the time to solve the problem of climate change "is running out." He also insisted climate change is a serious moral problem.

VATICAN CITY - Tackling the problem of climate change is a serious ethical and moral responsibility, Pope Francis told negotiators from around the world meeting for a climate summit in Lima, Peru.

Published in International
December 10, 2014

Latin American Church leaders call for Church with 'Amazonian face'

Augustinian Father Miguel Angel Cadenas baptizes a young man June 12, in a village along the Urituyacu River in Peru. Latin American church leaders apologized for historical complicity with colonial atrocities in the Amazon and called for a church with a n "Amazonian face" in a pastoral letter issued as negotiators from around the world met for a climate summit here.

Latin American Church leaders apologized for historical complicity with colonial atrocities in the Amazon and called for a Church with an "Amazonian face" in a pastoral letter issued as negotiators from around the world met for a climate summit here.

Published in International