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Catholic Organizations Divest

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Channel: The YEARS Project · 2018 · News & Politics

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In honor of Earth Day 2018, the Global Catholic Climate Movement announced over 30 Catholic organizations around the world are divesting from fossil fuels.

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CATHOLIC GROUPS JUST PULLED MILLIONS FROM THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY.

THE POPE HAS BEEN CALLING ON HIS FOLLOWERS TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE, AND NOW MANY ARE ANSWERING THAT CALL.

CATHOLIC ORDERS FROM CANADA TO CAMEROON ARE DIVESTING FROM THE INDUSTRIES MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE: OIL, COAL AND GAS. [I]

AND IT’S NOT JUST CHURCHES. 

CARITAS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CATHOLIC CHARITIES IN THE WORLD, JOINED THE MOVEMENT TOO. [II]

SO DID A GROUP OF CATHOLIC BANKS WITH AN ESTIMATED BALANCE SHEET TOTAL OF 7.5 BILLION EUROS. 

TO DATE, OVER 90 CATHOLIC ORGANIZATIONS HAVE JOINED THE PUSH TO DIVEST. 

THEY SEE FOSSIL FUELS AS RISKY INVESTMENTS.

THEY WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE WORLD THAT FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE IS A MORAL IMPERATIVE. [III]

AND SOMETIMES MONEY SPEAKS THE LOUDEST.

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WHAT DO YOU THINK?

SOURCES:
[I] Interviews with The Global Catholic Climate Movement, April 2018
[II] Caritas. Who We Are. https://www.caritas.org/who-we-are/
[III] The Guardian. Catholic church to make record divestment from fossil fuels. Oct. 3. 2017.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/03/catholic-church-to-make-record-divestment-from-fossil-fuels

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