Faith institutions launch new wave of fossil fuel divestment

Today, 47 faith institutions from 21 countries, including nine institutions from the UK, announce their divestment from fossil fuels as a practical response to the climate emergency. Participating institutions include five Catholic religious orders in the UK, the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union, two United Reformed Church Synods, local Anglican and... 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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February 20, 2019

Politicians demand answers as Pakistan detains Asia Bibi

A group of politicians has raised concerns that Catholic mother Asia Bibi has not yet left Pakistan and is now being denied access and communication with the country that has offered her asylum. The politicians, including Catholics Mike Kane, Maria Caulfield, Lord Deben, Mary Glindon, Damian Green and Carol Monaghan, have written to Mohammad Nafees... Read More

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