June 2017 News

June 30, 2017
June 30, 2017By Sharon Abercrombie  National Catholic Reporter Passionist Fr. Thomas Berry, the cultural historian and early prophet of the current environmental crisis...
June 28, 2017
By Christiana Figueres, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Gail Whiteman, Johan Rockström, Anthony Hobley & Stefan RahmstorfNatureJune 28, 2017 Christiana Figueres and...
June 28, 2017
“The love of money is the root of all evil.”  By Julie DermanskyNation of ChangeJune 28, 2017 Pastor Harry Joseph of the Mount Triumph Baptist Church in St...
June 26, 2017
June 26, 2017By The Life PanelistsGlobal Sisters Report Since its start three years ago, Global Sisters Report has provided a forum to “give voice” to women religious from...
June 21, 2017
June 21, 2017Yale Divinity School Mary Evelyn Tucker, Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Scholar in Religion and Ecology at Yale Divinity School, was a speaker at an...
June 20, 2017
June 20, 2017By Joachim Pham  National Catholic Reporter Hue City, Vietnam - Unseasonable heavy rain poured down in late May causing serious damage to fields in Thua...
June 20, 2017
June 19, 2017By Antonia BlumbergHuffington Post Attendees say this will be the first conference aimed at tackling deforestation from an interfaith perspective. King Harald V...
June 19, 2017
June 19, 2017By Matti Huuhtanen, Associated PressIsland Packet Religious and indigenous leaders on Monday called for an end to deforestation in the first international multi-...
June 19, 2017
June 19, 2017By Alister Doyle, Reuters The Christian Science Monitor Representatives from around the world attended the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative in Oslo on June 19,...
June 19, 2017
June 19, 2017The Economist Religious leaders gather in Oslo today along with indigenous peoples’ representatives and climate activists for a save-the-planet pow-wow...
June 19, 2017
June 19, 2017 European Pressphoto Agency See photos here: http://www.epa.eu/religion-photos/churches-organisations-photos/interfaith-rainforest-initiative-in-oslo-photos-...
June 19, 2017
Halting deforestation requires “a global, tectonic shift in values,” the Norwegian climate and environment minister said By Matti HuuhtanenNBC Bay AreaJune 19, 2017 Religious...
June 19, 2017
June 19, 2017The Associated PressYale Daily News HELSINKI (AP) — Religious and indigenous leaders worldwide are calling for an end to deforestation in an international...
June 19, 2017
June 19, 2017World Council of Churches New hope for world’s tropical forests arises as the Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Daoist leaders join indigenous...
June 19, 2017
Full title: Europe bishop represents Anglicans, Episcopalians at launch of Interfaith Rainforest Initiative in NorwayJune 19, 2017Episcopal News Service Religious and...
June 19, 2017
June 19, 2017By Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service National Catholic Reporter Rome - Religious and indigenous leaders from 21 countries gathered in Norway on Monday to...
June 19, 2017
Full title: ‘Laudato Si’’ two years later: Parishes throughout diocese continue to answer pope’s call to environmental stewardshipJune 18, 2017 By...
June 19, 2017
June 19, 2017By Alister Doyle Reuters OSLO - Religious and indigenous leaders appealed on Monday for better protection of tropical forests from the Amazon to the Congo basin...
June 19, 2017
June 19, 2017By Matti Huuhtanen, Associated PressThe Wichita Eagle Religious and indigenous leaders on Monday called for an end to deforestation in the first international...
June 17, 2017
June 17, 2017By Brian Roewe  National Catholic Reporter Nearly two years after publication of Pope Francis’ landmark encyclical Laudato Si’, a global Catholic...
June 17, 2017
June 17, 2017Regional Interfaith Network Norway will host an Unprecedented Meeting of World Faith Leaders to engage Global Deforestation on Monday, June 19, at the Nobel...
June 17, 2017
June 17, 2017Religions for Peace Australia Norway will host an Unprecedented Meeting of World Faith Leaders to engage Global Deforestation on Monday, June 19, at the Nobel...
June 15, 2017
June 14, 2017Earth Jurisprudence at the Gaia Foundation The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has passed a resolution, at its 60th ordinary session, held...
June 14, 2017
June 14, 2017By Eileen Markey America: The Jesuit Review In December 2016, when thousands of Native Americans, environmental activists and their supporters were camped on the...
June 14, 2017
June 13, 2017By Justin CatanosoPacific Standard Two years after Pope Francis launched Laudato Si, the Vatican’s plea to save the Earth, Trump rejected its tenets and...
June 14, 2017
June 14, 2017Parliament of the World’s Religions Unprecedented Meeting of World Faith Leaders to take on Global Deforestation Monday, June 19, at the Nobel Peace Center...
June 13, 2017
June 13, 2017  By Heidi Schlumpf  National Catholic Reporter Albuquerque, N.M. - Catholic theologians expressed concern and dismay about President Donald Trump...
June 13, 2017
June 13, 2017 By Brian Roewe  National Catholic Reporter When ExxonMobil shareholders overwhelmingly voted in late May in favor of a resolution aimed at shedding light...
June 11, 2017
  June 11, 2017Press Release Unprecedented Meeting of World Faith Leaders to take on Global Deforestation Monday, June 19, at the Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, Norway...
June 10, 2017
June 10, 2017By Laurie GoodsteinNew York Times “We’re in a real battle for the soul of faith, of Christianity, of this nation,” said the Rev. Troy Jackson,...
June 9, 2017
June 9, 2017By David Gibson Religion News Service President Trump’s decision to pull out of the landmark Paris agreement sparked a global outcry and provided yet...
June 9, 2017
June 9, 2017 The kinetic Deep Time Walk, now available for iOS and Android, enables anyone, anywhere in the world to experience a history of the living Earth. The...
June 9, 2017
June 9, 2017BBCHeart and Soul Faith communities say these are critical times for the environment. Their driving force comes from the belief that they are guardians of...
June 8, 2017
Full title: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Receives Prestigious Award + $1 Million Investment to Transition Away From Fossil Fuels By Wallace Global FundEcoWatchJune 8, 2017 The...
June 6, 2017
June 6, 2017By Lauren ZanolliThe Guardian “We’re sick of being sick, we’re tired of being tired,” said Pastor Harry Joseph of Mount Triumph Baptist...
June 5, 2017
June 5, 2017By Dawn Araujo-Hawkins and Chris HerlingerGlobal Sisters Report Women religious added their voices to the chorus of sharp disapproval and disappointment following...
June 2, 2017
June 2, 2017Anglican Communion News Service Church leaders have expressed their regret over the decision by US President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on...
June 2, 2017
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