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Editorial: Trump leads a deliberate and dangerous assault on the free press
… student a year after she co-authors a fairly wonkish college newspaper op-ed calling for divestment from Israel because of the war in Gaza. From the White House, Trump furiously blasts …
Catholics must oppose detention of Mahmoud Khalil
… pro-Palestine protests at Columbia that spread nationwide calling for a Gaza ceasefire and divestment from Israel. Khalil was put in a Louisiana detention facility far from his family; a …
Catholics in Nigeria say Shell can't divest contaminated oil sites before cleanup
… million in compensation in 2014. Now they're suing Shell again over the oil giant's planned divestment — a process where international oil companies sell off their assets — from the region. … despite resistance from locals who want the oil company to clean up contaminated sites before divesting. In January 2024, Shell announced it had reached an agreement with a consortium of five Nigerian-based companies to divest its onshore operations from the region. The $2.4 billion Shell deal recently received …
Climate activist Lorna Gold named new leader of Laudato Si' Movement
… agency, she was instrumental in campaigns that led to Ireland and its bishops financially divesting from fossil fuels. More recently, she served as executive director of FaithInvest , an … an international fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty and mobilizing Catholic institutions to divest from coal, oil and gas companies . It worked with the Vatican in developing the Laudato …
Climate clashes with Trump could await as Cardinal McElroy heads to DC
… oversaw the expansion of solar power at parishes, the buildup of a creation care office, and divestment of the diocese's investment portfolio from the fossil fuel industry — the first U.S. … oil and gas for energy. The move was seen as particularly symbolic, in that it was the first divesting diocese in the country that's the largest historical producer of heat-trapping …
Pope Francis taps Cardinal McElroy as Washington's new archbishop
… to young people. Last year, the San Diego Diocese, under his leadership, became the first to divest from fossil fuels. At the end of the press conference, Gregory said he intends to live in …
Revisiting EarthBeat's top and most-read news of 2024
… 2024. Among them, the San Diego Diocese becoming the first in the country to make public its divestment from fossil fuels, bishops in Washington state supported Indigenous efforts to remove … to revive agriculture projects there. … 8. … In first for US church, San Diego Diocese divests from fossil fuels … By Brian Roewe The San Diego Diocese has divested its financial holdings from the fossil fuel industry, the first Catholic diocese in the …
US bishops discuss Laudato Si' for first time in nearly a decade
… change. Meanwhile, nine national and regional bishops' conferences around the world have divested from fossil fuels; the Irish bishops have launched conservation efforts at the parish … Mass." Earlier this year, San Diego became the first U.S. diocese to make public that it has divested its financial holdings from the fossil fuel industry, the primary source of …
As COP29 begins, some voice concerns over religious freedom in host country Azerbaijan
… Indigenous lands," an end to anti-Armenian destruction of cultural heritage and propaganda and divestment from Azerbaijani oil, in addition to a commitment to cease holding COPs in countries …
Amazon synod reverberates through the Catholic Church five years later
… document denounced human rights violations related to such industries, supported campaigns for divestment from companies that cause environmental damage or harm local communities, and endorsed …
In year since Hamas' pogrom against Jews, we've seen antisemitism on the rise
… reported "2,087 anti-Israel incidents of assault, vandalism, harassment, protests/actions and divestment resolutions between June 1, 2023, and May 31, 2024, a staggering 477% increase in …
Western New York diocese plans to halve its 160 parishes by June 2025
… Chapter 11 bankruptcy and church officials have said the way out of this status is not only to divest of some church properties, but also to focus on evangelization and faith formation to …
Ukraine's religious leaders back proposed ban on Russian Orthodox Church over security concerns
… that opt to remain affiliated with the Moscow Patriarchate. Ukrainian Orthodox churches that divest from Moscow are free to operate. The law also provides for free usage of state and …
I'm a Notre Dame peace studies student. I was arrested calling for peace in Gaza.
… gestures. Just students sitting on the quad, peacefully gathering to ask Notre Dame to divest from any weapons manufacturers — investments that violate all seven Catholic social … guidelines . We believe that Notre Dame has the capacity, precedent and potential to divest from any weapons manufacturing companies today. A local mosque donated so many chicken … Catholic institutions to refuse to invest in companies that counter Catholic doctrine — and to divest from such companies. As critically minded self-reflective scholars, we knew that investing …
Sometimes I need to tell the story to remind me of who I am
… translated the principles of Teilhard and others into initiatives such as community gardens, divestment from fossil fuels, and so much more. Certainly, Teilhard's life gave me an image of a …
How contemplation is making me a better climate activist
… Earth Quaker Action Team, encourages Vanguard, an asset manager, to influence corporations to divest from fossil fuels. Many have risked arrest to get the attention of this huge corporation. …
On Gaza, NY Catholic Worker community echoes Pope Francis: 'Please! Stop the war.'
… at universities calling, in part, upon the schools to disclose their investments and divest from investments complicit with Israel's military campaign. The students recognize that …
Editorial: Finally, (some) US dioceses are taking the pope's climate message seriously
… Diocese of San Diego , led by Cardinal Robert McElroy, was the first diocese in the U.S. to divest from fossil fuels. These are measurable, long-term and large-scale systemic changes to how …
Catholic group at Columbia seeks to foster 'mutual respect' amid protests
… President Minouche Shafik. According to the encampment organizers, they want the university to divest all finances "from corporations that profit from Israeli apartheid, genocide, and … campus. On the same night, new negotiations went on between Columbia University Apartheid Divest, the group organizing the encampment, and the Columbia administration. As of April 26, …
Hope for an AI doomer: Laudato Si' responds to today's technology with promise
… 60. Resistance might involve refusal to own stock in irresponsible AI developers — like some divest from fossil fuels — a costly principled stance, given that tech firms are some of today's …