If the Earth is sick, we’re sick, warns bishop

‘We cannot be healthy if the planet is not healthy,’ the Bishop of Clogher has warned, while urging people to examine their lifestyles and judge their current practices. In a two-part pastoral letter to mark the Season of Creation, Bishop Larry Duffy reminds people of the words of Pope Francis in his landmark encyclical letter... Read More

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September 13, 2020

All must play role in saving Earth from ‘irreparable damage’, Catholics told

We all have a role to play in saving the Earth from “irreparable damage”, the Bishop for the Environment has said. Bishop John Arnold, the Lead Bishop for Environmental Issues at the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW), noted that “there is no doubt” that society is becoming much more aware of the... Read More

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September 3, 2020

Extinction Rebellion protesters say they are ‘impossible’ for Johnson to ignore

Climate change protesters said they are “impossible for Boris Johnson to ignore” as they carried out a second day of action in central London. Hundreds of Extinction Rebellion (XR) supporters gathered in and around Parliament Square as Mr Johnson headed into the House of Commons for Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday. Activists carried banners, banged... Read More

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August 31, 2020

Universe Exclusive: Priest in rallying call over climate change ahead of protests

A Catholic priest who has previously been arrested for protesting against climate change has exclusively told The Catholic Universe that all members of the Church “need to do more” to protect God’s creation. As campaign activist group Extinction Rebellion plans a series of demonstrations in the coming days, Fr Martin Newell CP, a Passionist priest based in Birmingham, said the... Read More

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July 9, 2020

Bishop for the Environment urges Government to put climate change at heart of pandemic economic recovery

At the start of the second annual London Climate Action Week, the Bishop for the Environment, Bishop John Arnold, joined UK faith leaders in calling for the government to focus its economic recovery strategy, post-Covid-19 lockdown, on the urgent need to reduce the impact of climate change. In the open letter, representatives from Britain’s faith... Read More

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July 8, 2020

Peer labels climate change as bigger threat than Covid crisis

Failing to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero to curb climate change will be far more damaging than the coronavirus pandemic, a Catholic peer has warned. Lord Deben, the chairman of the Government’s advisory Committee on Climate Change likened global warming to a “pandemic which is significantly more long-lasting and damaging than Covid-19”. He issued... Read More

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May 20, 2020

Costly nukes ‘no protection’ against biggest threats to UK

“Costly” nuclear weapons are “useless and irrelevant” against the two major global crises we currently face and therefore the world’s “new normal” needs to be nuclear-weapon-free, an international Catholic peace movement has said. Pax Christi UK has insisted that “now is the time to free ourselves from the moral and economic burden of nuclear weapons”,... Read More

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May 6, 2020

Christian climate change charity calls on Churches to urgently divest from fossil fuels

Operation Noah is calling on Churches in the UK to urgently divest from fossil fuels in response to the climate emergency. A new report from the Christian climate change charity, titled Church investments in major oil companies: Paris compliant or Paris defiant?, shows the gap between the business plans of major oil companies and the... Read More

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May 3, 2020

Wrong to label climate change campaigners as ‘extremists’

A Catholic environmentalist has insisted that those who demand action on tackling the climate crisis should not be labelled ‘extremists’. The call comes after it emerged that environmental campaigners have been referred to the Home Office’s anti-terror Prevent programme amid fears they may become radicalised. The Times has found that 45 activists were referred to... Read More

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April 2, 2020

Postponement of COP26 doesn’t mean fight against climate crisis can be delayed, warns CAFOD

CAFOD has warned that the postponement of key international climate talks that were due to take place in the UK later this year does not mean that steps to tackle the crisis can be delayed. The Catholic aid agency’s warning comes following the announcement that the Cop26 meeting, which was set to take place at... Read More

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