Press Releases & Statements

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Catholic Climate Covenant Statement on New Rule for Electricity

Catholic Climate Covenant stands with the U.S. Catholic bishops and other Catholic organizations to express its disappointment with the Trump Administration’s decision to replace the national standard for the electricity sector under the Obama Administration with a weakened version.

U.S. Catholic Community Delivers Climate Change Letter to President Trump and Congress

The leaders of 161 Catholic colleges and universities, religious congregations, national organizations, and health care providers, serving people and communities in every state of the nation, have issued a letter to President Trump and the U.S. Congress in support of climate change science, funding and international policy negotiations.

Reflection for the World Day of Prayer for Creation

As victims in south-central United States and southern Asia deal with unprecedented flooding, Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew encourage us to set aside a time to pray today for God’s good gift of Creation.

Catholic Leaders Respond to Paris Withdrawal

We, the member organizations of Catholic Climate Covenant, are deeply disappointed by President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement and stop all future payments tot he Green Climate Fund.