Catholic Climate Covenant Archives

Poll finds majority of Catholics hold some concern about climate change

Oct 25, 2020

A large majority of Catholic voters believe climate change is a serious or somewhat serious concern and that governments at all levels as well as corporations and individuals must take stronger action to address it, according to results of a new poll released Oct. 22.

By Dennis Sadowski

Cardinal calls for sense of urgency as Laudato Si’ turns five

Jun 2, 2020

When a baby cries, parents leave everything and try to stop their baby from crying: Where is that same urgency when it comes to the cries of the earth and the poor? That was the challenge posed by Cardinal Peter Turkson to an online conference on Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’s 2015 ecological encyclical.

By Nick Mayrand

Laudato Si’ at five: Dioceses embrace pope’s call for care of the earth

Apr 27, 2020

Participants in diocesan environmental ministries credit Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical, “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home,” for raising awareness and motivating Catholics and others to act in countless ways to protect creation.

By Dennis Sadowski

As Earth Day turns 50, ‘humanity is at critical crossroad,’ say activists

Apr 22, 2020

Acknowledging the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted this year’s observance of Earth Day, the Washington-based Catholic Climate Covenant has revised its Earth Day 2020 program in light of universal stay-at-home orders so that it can be used by individuals, families and online groups.

By Catholic News Service

Georgetown cites ‘global environmental challenges’ as it divests from fossil fuels

Feb 11, 2020

Georgetown University has voted to divest from fossil fuels.

By Christopher White

Washington Archdiocese’s solar array touted as model for church agencies

Oct 20, 2019

The sun shone on Catholic Charities, literally, Oct. 17 as Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory blessed a solar array installed on five acres of the agency’s land surrounding the Missionaries of Charity’s Gift of Peace home.

By Mark Zimmermann, CNS