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India's Cardinal Gracias denies reports he intervened in accused bishop's case
… Vatican's evangelization office; and Gracias. The letter called for Antony to be "immediately divested of all powers to operate diocesan accounts." It also referred to a reported August 2020 …
Gratitude Report - EarthBeat 2022
… harming environment, health was awarded First Place. Roewe’s article Inside the campaign to divest the Catholic Church from fossil fuels was awarded second place. Honorable mentions …
Presbyterians to divest from 5 oil companies after years of debate
… Bob Smietana … Religion News Service … A prominent mainline Christian denomination plans to divest from five oil companies it believes are not doing enough to address climate change. The … at the PCUSA's general assembly voted 340-41 to add those companies to the denomination's divestment list . They join 85 other companies on the list — most with ties to the military or …
Catholics must stand against Supreme Court's anti-life climate ruling
… to include concrete action such as promotion of the Laudato Si' Movement's efforts to increase divestment from fossil fuels. This initiative has the support of Francis and has shown signs of success as some $1.25 billion has been divested by religious institutions on a global level. Any pro-life orientation in Catholicism, if …
NCR, EarthBeat, Global Sisters Report receive 43 Catholic media awards
… earned second place for analysis/background/round-up news for his overview of the movement to divest from fossil fuels . White also won a first place award for his profile of Luis Miranda , …
Faith groups announce $1.25 billion to be divested from fossil fuels
… of Christian churches, dioceses, religious orders and organizations are announcing they will divest from fossil fuels. "In total, 35 faith institutions from six countries with more than $1.25 billion in combined assets announced today their divestment from fossil fuel companies," said a news release distributed July 5 by the Catholic Laudato Si' Movement. The divesting institutions include five Catholic dioceses in Ireland and two in Canada, the movement …
As long as fossil fuels flow, dictators like Putin possess power
… and at a global scale. As regular people all over the world, we can advocate for such moves by divesting from fossil fuels, the single-most important action all of us can take right now. Divestment works. An annual report from Shell called divestment a material risk, noting that …
Catholic Theological Society of America resolves to divest from fossil fuels
… Brian Roewe … The Catholic Theological Society of America at its annual conference resolved to divest its financial funds from fossil fuels, a move great in moral weight and one backers hope … theologians, counting more than 1,300 members, passed three resolutions related to fossil fuel divestment during its June 9-12 conference, held this year in Atlanta and in person for the first … a statement. Clooney is the Parkman Professor of Divinity at Harvard University, which itself divested in the fall. While the size of CTSA's investment pool is unclear, the power in the …
Dartmouth touts progress on emissions, but critics see lack of urgency on climate
… a fundamental tension behind the school's recent climate moves. While the institution is divesting its endowment from fossil fuels, it is accepting tens of millions of dollars from … a switch on." Jock Gill is part of a group of Dartmouth alumni that lobbied the college to divest from fossil fuels for years. Now that it has, some members are talking about the next …
Faith leaders reassert critical role in confronting climate change ahead of Stockholm+50
… It also committed religious communities to "practice what we preach," including through divestment from fossil fuels and reducing their own pollution, plastic waste and carbon … how we invest, how we manage assets" and in engaging their congregations. They committed to divesting from fossil fuels and calling for an immediate halt to new exploration — a requirement …
Reflections on three unlikely cardinals: McElroy, Ramazzini and Rosa Chávez
… as "out of central casting" for Francis' description of a good bishop: one who lived simply, "divested of royal trappings and unafraid to smell like the sheep." Ramazzini, I wrote, is "a …