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Pope Francis & climate change: Why Catholic skeptics are so alarmed
2015-04-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: With Pope Francis poised to issue a full-throated call to address the looming threats of climate change this year, conservative Catholic skeptics are crying foul. The pope has already prepared a major encyclical or moral guide for the globes 1.2 billion Catholics which later this year will stress the imperative of addressing human-caused global warming. And on Tuesday, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and other organizations hosted a summit at the Vatican called Protect the Earth, Dignify...
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Pope Francis forces issue climate change
2015-04-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: High-profile climate researchers, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and church officials will gather at the Vatican next week for a conference on climate change. It`s Pope Francis`s latest effort to raise the profile of the issue among churchgoers, and it`s sure to make some Catholics hot under the collar. Since taking the helm of the church in 2013, Pope Francis has stated repeatedly that Christians have a moral obligation to lower carbon emissions. He has spoken frankly about how global warming...
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Pope Francis to Host Major Summit on Climate Change
2015-04-16 15:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The Vatican announced Tuesday that it will host a major conference on climate change on April 28, featuring some of the worlds leading climate scientists and an opening address by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The conference, Protect the Earth, Dignify Humanity: The Moral Dimensions of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, will also feature Jeffrey Sachs, a prominent American economist and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
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Power and Limits of Pope Francis Climate Change Campaign
2015-04-10 17:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: I encourage you to read The pope as messenger: making climate change a moral issue, an essay on The Conversation website by Andy Hoffman, director of the Erb Institute at the University of Michigan, and Jenna White, a graduate student studying the role of religious institutions in shaping humanitys response to global warming. (The Erb Institute pursues a sustainable world through the power of business.) Heres their key point: This summer, Pope Francis plans to release an encyclical letter...
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Farmers Union Officials Granted Audience with Pope; Vatican Leaders to Discuss Importance of Family Farming and Ranching
2015-03-25 15:32:46| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 25, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (March 25, 2015) Five Farmers Union state presidents and National Farmers Unions (NFU) chief counsel were granted an audience with Pope Francis today following a weeklong series of meetings with Vatican officials and rural-based non-governmental organizations. Discussions surrounded the important role family farmers
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