More than 1,000 clergy have joined the campaign against the government’s construction project on four major rivers in South Korea.
Father Edwin Gariguez of Calapan vicariate headed Mangyan Mission, an NGO based in Calapan City, until appointed executive secretary of the National Secretariat for Social Action (NASSA) of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines recently. (UCA News)
Eight bishops have visited the still-tainted site where Japan’s first environmentalist took on a mining company over the pollution it caused.
The principal of Singapore’s Hai Sing Catholic School has unveiled a pilot environmental program in which staff would hold their regular seminar during the school holidays by webcast.
All roads, it’s said, lead to Rome. The one that took Albertus Herwanta to the capital of Italy and the heart of his faith started far, far away - in a field in Central Java. (Duncan Graham, The Jakarta Post)
In his World Day of Peace Message for 2010, Pope Benedict has called for urgent action to protect the environment based on a “cosmic vision of peace”.
ESSC is a Jesuit research institute that promotes environmental sustainability and social justice through the integration of scientific methodologies and social processes.
The body envisions becoming a globally recognized research institute and a dynamic partner in pursuit of environmental integrity and social justice, and aims to contribute to a “critical and holistic understanding of the dynamic relationship between [...]
A multi-faith gathering in Colombo that included environmentalists, students and diplomats has outlined the personal and religious responsibilities that people all have to protect the natural world.
The four-day workshop on the theme “Saving Planet Earth,” held on the outskirts of Colombo, covered the main issues to be raised at the world leaders’ Climate Change Conference [...]
Heads of Catholic Religious congregations in India have decided to let environmental concerns shape their lifestyle and activities. (UCA News)
They have resolved to examine the moral and religious imperatives in their lifestyle including “insensitive use of natural resources” and a tendency to destroy habitable lands in the name of development.
Based on this, they will strive [...]
An environmental delegation led by Catholic bishops from Europe, Africa and Latin America at the United Nations Summit on Climate Change on September 22 want a commitment from the US to steeply reduce emissions.
“We want to hear (US President Barack Obama) say the United States is committed to a 40 percent reduction in emissions by [...]
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