Posts Tagged ‘poverty’
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Tags: carbon footprint, care for creation, Catholic, Catholic Relief Services, Catholic Social Teaching, Christmas, climate change, climate change impacts, college, gifts, life issue, Notre Dame, poverty, Pro-life, reducing CO2, St. Francis Pledge, sustainability, UN Conference, university
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Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
On Nov. 25, Pope Benedict XVI addressed delegates of 194 countries gathering in Durban, South Africa for the latest round of international climate change negotiations. He urged that they reach a strong global agreement to address the challenge of climate change: I hope that all members of the international community can agree on a responsible, credible and supportive response to this worrisome and complex phenomenon, keeping in mind the needs of the poorest populations and of future generations. Click here for the Catholic News Service (CNS) story.
Tags: care for creation, Christian, climate change, college, consumption, Durban, faith, mission, Pope, Pope Benedict XVI, poverty, sustainability, UN Conference
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Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
Tags: care for creation, Catholic, climate change, college, Durban, environment, mission, poor, Pope, poverty, sustainability, UN Conference, university, Vatican, Vietnam, Xavier
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
(Nov. 9, 2011) In a speech to an ecumenical gathering in Louisville, Kentucky, Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton, CA and chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, addressed the Christian vocation to cultivate and care for God’s good gift of Creation, by reducing our consumption and our carbon footprint in order to ease the effects of climate change on the world’s poorest people. In doing so, Bishop Blaire identified how this commitment connects to Catholic concerns for human life and human dignity: People of faith bring a unique and important message: about the care of God’s creation, about those most vulnerable to environmental injustice. Read Bishop Blaire’s entire statement here. See coverage by Catholic News Service (scroll down to “People” story).
Tags: Bishop Blaire, Catholic Social Teaching, climate change, consumption, environment, poor, poverty, save energy, solidarity, stewardship, sustainability
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
Tags: action, Catholic, Catholic Social Teaching, climate change, Durban, economic justice, food security, hydroponic, investors, policy, poverty, reduce waste, Salve Regina, school, school lunch, science, waste audit
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Tags: care for creation, Catholic, climate change, college, consumption, EcoSchools, environment, food security, mission, poor, poverty, school, St. Francis Pledge, stewardship, sustainability, university, Vatican, World Food Day
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Tags: action, California Catholic Conference, care for creation, Catholic, Climate Ambassador, climate change, climate change impacts, college, consumption, Feast of St. Francis, Global Warming, Green Team, Hispanic, poor, poverty, Practice Greenhealth, save energy, St. Francis Pledge, stewardship, sustainability
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Thursday, August 11th, 2011
(July 29, 2011) Bishop Hubbard of the USCCB and Ken Hackett of Catholic Relief Services declared “morally unacceptable, even deadly cuts to poverty-focused humanitarian and development assistance,” in their letter to the chairman and ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee. Click here for the letter on foreign operations appropriations and here for their letter encouraging a balanced approach to budget and debt negotiations.
Tags: Bishops, budget, Catholic Relief Services, Congress, development assistance, poor, poverty
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Thursday, August 11th, 2011
Tags: development, environment, Feast of St. Francis, going green, hospitals, international, poverty, reducing CO2, school, St. Francis Pledge, Stories, sustainability
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Friday, July 29th, 2011
Tags: adaptation, Appropriations, Bishops, budget, Catholic, Catholic Relief Services, Congress, CRS, poor, poverty
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