Catholic representatives worked to keep negotiations on track for a comprehensive deal to address global warming as the U.N. climate change conference entered its second and final week in Katowice, Poland.
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Religious investors ask energy firms to oppose EPA emission rollback plan
Nearly two dozen Catholic entities have joined other investors in urging major oil and natural gas producing companies to oppose the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rollback of standards governing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Cardinal Parolin tells COP24 climate needs present ‘challenge of civilization’
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said commitment to combat climate change was “felt in all religions,” and he praised the “very positive position” of Pope Francis on the issue.
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Sacramento Catholic schools welcome students displaced by fires
Schools were closed in Butte County from Nov. 8 when the fire started until after Thanksgiving when the fire was contained.
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Struggling to make sense of the California wildfires
A disaster like this creates so many brutal little ironies.
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California prelates urge prayers, humanitarian aid for victims of fires
“The tremendous loss from the Camp Fire ravaging parts of the diocese is devastating,” said Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento.
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Now that the midterms are over, let’s stop obsessing over the Trump Show
Maybe we just like victimizing each other and never addressing basic problems. But our young citizens have had enough of this political show and are making a spectacle of their own.
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Bishops sign document calling for action against climate change
Six bishops representing episcopal conferences on five continents issued a joint statement calling on the international community to take immediate action against climate change.
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Catholic officials say Hurricane Michael sets new bar for disaster relief
A four-person team from Catholic Charities of Miami did a four-day, fact-finding and needs assessment during the week of Oct. 15 in three or four rural and coastal areas of the Florida Panhandle.
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The time to invest in a sustainable future is now
A fatalistic attitude is not the proper response to climate change.