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We must all care for our common home: Pope
People of faith cannot love God while despising his creatures, and people cannot call themselves Christians without caring for everything fragile and wounded, including the earth, Pope Leo XIV told climate activists and political and religious leaders yesterday. Source: CNS.
Terminator warns against termination of ‘Our Common Home’
Arnold Schwarzenegger told reporters he knows that people get “pumped up” spiritually at Mass, but he wishes he could go to Mass at least once and hear a homily on what Catholics can and should do to reduce pollution. Source: CNS.
Prime Minister announces climate target
Anthony Albanese revealed Australia will set a target to cut emissions by 62 to 70 per cent by 2035, while announcing billions of dollars towards net zero schemes, drawing condemnation from climate advocates and the Opposition. Source: Canberra Times.
Assessment finds 1.5m Australians at risk from sea level rise by 2050
One and a half million Australians are at risk from sea levels rising by 2050 unless climate change can be limited, Australia’s first national climate risk assessment has warned. Source: ABC News.
Catholic leaders link climate action and global peace
In a joint statement ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in November, three international Catholic organisations have stressed the urgent need for action to care for creation. Source: Vatican News.
Government urged to adopt climate pollution reduction plan
Catholic Religious Australia has written open letters to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, urging the Government to adopt a strong climate pollution reduction plan with a net zero emissions target by 2035.
Bishops in the Global South call for end to fossil fuels
The Catholic Church across the Global South has sounded the alarm on climate change, calling for the end of fossil fuels while urging nations to avoid false “green” solutions that perpetuate exploitation of natural resources, ecosystems and people. Source: NCR Online.
New kit enables sea change in climate education
The Josephite Laudato Si’ Action Plan team has released its third “conversation package” in the five-part Urgent Hope series, designed to initiate discussion on climate change and Pope Francis’ Laudate Deum encyclical. Source: Sisters of Saint Joseph.
Civic values lower among social media news readers
People who believe climate change is a conspiracy get most of their information about news and current events from commercial and social media, according to a Monash University study. Source: The Guardian.