The Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development stands with Ugandan activists to denounce the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Mar 29, 2022 | Blog, Campaigns, Divestment, News and Updates, StatementsThe Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development welcomed four African environmental activists: Maxwel Atuhura,Executive Director- Tasha Research Institute Africa; Vanessa Nakate, climate justice activist and the first Fridays For Future striker in...
#StopEACOP: Ugandan activists raised their voice at the Vatican Mar 24, 2022 | Blog, Divestment, News and Updates, Pope FrancisA delegation of climate activists from Uganda arrived in Vatican City on Wednesday, March 23, to ask Pope Francis for his support in the campaign to stop the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The group, made up of Vanessa Nakate, Diana...
Divest, deny fossil fuel donations: 5 things to know about the Philippine bishops’ prophetic statement Mar 22, 2022 | Blog, Divestment, News and UpdatesIn a prophetic denunciation of the fossil fuel industry, Philippine bishops have called on Catholics to divest from fossil fuels and no longer accept donations from fossil fuel companies, considering the damage they’re wreaking on our common home. The seven-page...
Fossil fuel investment is “an economy that kills” Mar 11, 2022 | Blog, Divestment, News and Updates“If it is true that ‘For wherever your treasure is, there will your heart be too.’ (Mt 6:21), then we cannot be faithful to our faith while making money from fossil fuels. We cannot be true to Jesus if we are making money out of the suffering of...
Statement on fossil fuels and war in Ukraine Feb 28, 2022 | Blog, Divestment, StatementsThis should be a day of the very important IPCC report, “Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability,” and it still is. The three main messages of the report highlight that 1) even a temporary overshoot of 1.5 degrees Celsius is...
The new tool that will help institutions divest from fossil fuels Jan 25, 2022 | Blog, Divestment, News and UpdatesLaudato Si’ Movement congratulates and encourages Laudato Si’ Movement Canada on the launch of their Catholic Eco-Investment Accelerator Toolkit. The toolkit will help faith-based institutions align their investments with their mission and vision, and ensure that...
