Vatican urges Catholics to divest from fossil fuel companies

The Vatican has issued its first-ever set of comprehensive environmental guidelines, which are intended to be operational and suggest concrete ways for the Church to implement Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’ groundbreaking encyclical on the care of our common home. The document, titled Journeying Towards Care for Our Common Home: Five Years After Laudato Si’, was... 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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October 30, 2019

General election: Look beyond Brexit and remember the poor, says CAFOD

CAFOD is calling voters to think beyond Brexit and consider ‘critical’ issues of justice and poverty in the upcoming general election. The election will take place on Thursday 12 December after a vote by MPs in the House of Commons. “Brexit is bound to dominate this election, but we need to make sure that the... Read More

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August 7, 2019

Welsh firms urge public bodies to divest from using fossil fuels

An open letter from organisations representing tens of thousands of Welsh residents and campaigners has called on the public sector in Wales to stop investing in fossil fuel companies. Organisations including Friends of the Earth Cymru, CAFOD and Oxfam Cymru want pension funds to commit to ethical investment policies – and for Wales to be... Read More

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July 26, 2019

Tackle world poverty, CAFOD urges new international aid secretary

CAFOD is calling on Alok Sharma, the new Secretary of State for International Development, to focus on tackling worldwide poverty. Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed Mr Sharma, the former Minister for Housing, to the role as part of his new look cabinet. CAFOD Director Christine Allen said: “Alok Sharma has an opportunity to keep the... Read More

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July 25, 2019

UK ‘backing billions of pounds of fossil fuels in developing countries’

The UK is still backing billions of pounds worth of fossil fuels overseas despite pledging to be a leader on tackling climate change, campaigners claim. Analysis for CAFOD, the Catholic international development charity in England and Wales by the Overseas Development Institute has found that between 2010 and 2017 the UK provided support for energy... Read More

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March 23, 2019

Austrian bishops become third conference to divest from fossil fuels

The Austrian bishops’ conference is the most recent Catholic institution to say it will divest from fossil fuels. Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna, conference chairman, said in a statement released on Friday announcing the decision that Church finances “must not exert a destructive influence on our planet’s climate.” Divestment will take five years to accomplish,... Read More

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January 23, 2019

Fossil fuels are on the clock to save planet

Catholic environmentalists have urged the public to change the way they live after scientists claimed that a world without cars, planes, ships and factories powered by fossil fuels would have to become a reality in the next 40 years in order to keep global warming below safe levels. Researchers from the University of Leeds used... Read More

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July 19, 2018

Ireland praised after divesting state from fossil fuel firms

A Catholic environmentalist has urged nations to follow Ireland’s lead as it is set to become the first country in the world to financially divest from fossil fuels. Ellen Teague, of the Columban Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation, also paid tribute to Trócaire, the official overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in... Read More

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