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Exploiting the earth “is our sin,” the pontiff says.

By Tara Isabella Burton
The Atlantic
July 11, 2014

July 11, 2014
By Emily Atkin
Climate Progress

A large umbrella group of churches representing more than half a billion Christians worldwide announced Thursday that it would pull all of its investments in fossil fuels, saying it had determined the investments were no longer ethical.

July 08, 2014
By Tom Jacobs
Pacific Standard

Despite two decades of preaching, self-identified Christians are hardly acting as stewards of the Earth.

July 4, 2014
World Council of Churches

The World Council of Churches (WCC) announced it will hold an Interfaith Summit on Climate Change on September 21-22 in New York City. At the summit, organized together with Religions for Peace, more than 30 religious leaders will take a united stand to encourage international and political leaders to address concretely the causes and...

June 26, 2014
By Chad Hershberger
Upper Susquehanna Synod Blog

June 25, 2014
By Kalinga Seneviratne
Inter Press Service

BANGKOK (IPS) - A consortium of faith-based organisations (FBOs) made a declaration at a side event Wednesday at the 6th Asian Ministerial Conference On Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR), to let the United Nations know that they stand ready to commit themselves to building resilient communities across Asia in...