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Environment
CRA applauds overhaul of Australia’s environment laws
Catholic Religious Australia says the Albanese Government’s announcement of a new Environment Protection Agency and pledge to reform current environment laws is a “step in the right direction”.
Laudato Si’ documentary to premiere on US television
Pope Francis is getting more non-Catholics to do his work in caring for the environment. The latest is Nicolas Brown, who directed a documentary on the Pope’s 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home. Source: CNS.
Oceania facing two major threats, online conference told
Solving the threat of rising sea levels and deep-sea mining in Oceania will require methods that bring science and the human experience together, guests heard at a world-first online conference held last week. Source: ACU.
Earthquakes should be a ‘wake-up call’ for leaders of Oceania
The head of the Church in Fiji says the recent catastrophic earthquakes that devastated parts of Indonesia and Solomon Islands should be a wake-up call for leaders within and beyond the Oceania region. Source: ACU.
Korean religious protest airport development
Catholic religious sisters in South Korea have marched on the streets and called for an upcoming airport project to be halted. Source: UCA News.
World-first online conference to address crisis facing Oceania
The future of nations and people in the Oceania region will be at the forefront of a world-first global online conference being held later this month. Source: ACU.
Pope offers encouragement to delegates at COP27 conference
As delegates continue deliberations at the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference in Egypt, Pope Francis offered his encouragement for efforts to protect the environment. Source: Vatican News.
Climate change the biggest global issue for Australians
Polling commissioned by Caritas Australia has found climate change is the biggest global concern for two-thirds of Australians, easily outranking armed conflict, even as war rages in Ukraine.
No climate justice without land justice: African bishops
As the United Nations climate change conference unfolds in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh, Catholic bishops in Africa are warning that there cannot be climate justice without land justice. Source: CNS.