The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:20:32 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Access to clean water is a fundamental human right, Pope says /home/international/item/29227-access-to-clean-water-is-a-fundamental-human-right-pope-says /home/international/item/29227-access-to-clean-water-is-a-fundamental-human-right-pope-says VATICAN – Access to clean, fresh water is a fundamental human right that must be defended, especially in poor areas where men, women and children are suffering the deadly effects of climate change, Pope Francis said.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Fri, 22 Mar 2019 07:08:42 -0400 Halfway through three-year plan, Green Churches Network aims to expand its national footprint /item/28875-halfway-through-three-year-plan-green-churches-network-aims-to-expand-its-national-footprint /item/28875-halfway-through-three-year-plan-green-churches-network-aims-to-expand-its-national-footprint

It surprises Gregory Lynch when he fields calls at the Green Churches Network from churches looking for ways to lessen their carbon footprint.

]]> mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Canada Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:12:16 -0500 World Youth Day 'manifesto' makes pledge to environment /wyd2019/item/28817-world-youth-day-manifesto-makes-pledge-to-environment /wyd2019/item/28817-world-youth-day-manifesto-makes-pledge-to-environment PANAMA CITY – Young people attending World Youth Day called attention to the world's environmental problems, issuing what they called a "manifesto" for the "care of the common home."
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) World Youth Day 2019 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:33:12 -0500 'No time to lose' in switch to alternative energy, Pope says to oil executives /home/international/item/27537-no-time-to-lose-in-switch-to-alternative-energy-pope-says-to-oil-executives /home/international/item/27537-no-time-to-lose-in-switch-to-alternative-energy-pope-says-to-oil-executives VATICAN – The world needs a new kind of leadership that believes in building up the whole human family and protecting the environment, Pope Francis told a group of energy and oil executives and global investors.
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WINDSOR, Ont. – They’re called Climate Crusaders, and they’re part of whatƵapp being described as the largest program of its kind in North America.

]]> Education Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:55:23 -0400 A leap into drastic change in environmental policy /item/26825-a-leap-into-drastic-change-in-environmental-policy /item/26825-a-leap-into-drastic-change-in-environmental-policy Development and Peace has signed onto a political manifesto that reflects in part the teaching of Pope Francis in a call for drastic change in environmental policy.
]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 14 Feb 2018 17:53:01 -0500 Three Amigos make progress on climate commitments /item/22639-three-amigos-make-progress-on-climate-commitments /item/22639-three-amigos-make-progress-on-climate-commitments

OTTAWA – North American leaders are making progress on climate commitments but more needs to be done, Catholic and other climate-change advocacy groups said after the so-called “Three Amigos” summit in Ottawa.

]]> ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Wed, 06 Jul 2016 16:00:00 -0400 Climate deal must be transformative, papal envoy tells leaders in Paris /home/international/item/21374-climate-deal-must-be-transformative-papal-envoy-tells-leaders-in-paris /home/international/item/21374-climate-deal-must-be-transformative-papal-envoy-tells-leaders-in-paris

VATICAN CITY - Heads of state discussing carbon emission limits must create a global and "transformative" agreement built on justice, solidarity and fairness, a papal representative told the U.N. climate conference in Paris.

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Climate change has refocused the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and PeaceƵapp commitments in Africa and worldwide.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Special Report from Africa Sun, 20 Sep 2015 08:04:08 -0400 Vancouver mayor to meet Pope at climate conference /item/20602-vancouver-mayor-to-meet-pope-at-climate-conference /item/20602-vancouver-mayor-to-meet-pope-at-climate-conference

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson is to meet with Pope Francis July 21 to discuss climate change.

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