Catholic Church

Climate change

'Time is running out': Pope Francis urges business leaders to tackle climate emergency

Pontiff yesterday warned leading investors and energy giants that climate change 'threatens the very future of the human family'

clock 15 June 2019 • 3 min read

Energy

More than 5,500 UK churches put faith in clean energy

Churches and cathedrals across UK praised for clean energy rollout which has diverted £5m away from fossil fuels towards green power providers

clock 02 August 2018 • 2 min read

Politics

Reports: Pope to gather top oil execs and investors for climate change summit

BP, BlackRock, Equinor and ExxonMobil expected to attend Vatican this week to discuss climate change

clock 04 June 2018 • 1 min read

Policy

Catholic institutions mark Earth Day with fossil fuel divestment pledge

Bishops, Catholic banks worth €7.5bn, humanitarian group Caritas Internationalis and others in the Catholic hierarchy announce plans to drop investments in high carbon energy

clock 21 April 2018 • 2 min read

Politics

COP23: Catholic Church calls for renewed push to inform public of climate threat

Vatican calls on world leaders to step up decarbonisation and public engagement efforts

clock 15 November 2017 • 2 min read
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