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November 21, 2023

Dubai bound: Pope Francis seeks action at COP28

Pope Francis receives a gift from Sultan al-Jaber, the president-designate of the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP28, during a meeting at the Vatican Oct. 11, 2023. COP28 is set to open Nov. 30 in Dubai and the pope will travel there Dec. 1-3.

When Pope Francis visits Dubai in the United Arab Emirates Dec. 1-3 to address the opening of the UN Climate Change Conference, he will be the first pope ever to attend one of the global gatherings that began in 1995.

Published in International
October 14, 2021

‘Faith is not neutral’ in caring for creation

Canada, with its enormous share of global mining, needs to ensure its companies overseas adhere to decisions taken for global climate action.

Pope Francis isn’t going to let the next global summit on climate change slip by on the same old excuses and empty promises — and Development and Peace - Caritas Canada aims to see Canadian Catholics play their part.

Published in Canada
October 8, 2021

Pope Francis will not attend climate summit in Glasgow

Pope Francis greets the crowd as he arrives for his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Sept. 29, 2021. Pope Francis will not be attending the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, in November; Cardinal Pietro Parolin will head the Vatican delegation.

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis will not be going to the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, as he had hoped.

Published in Vatican
July 8, 2015

Laudato Si' front and centre at Americas' climate summit

California Governor Jerry Brown told Climate Summit of the Americas delegates July 8 that Pope Francis’ discussion of climate change as a moral issue is critical.

TORONTO - California Governor Jerry Brown, in Toronto for the Climate Summit of the Americas, claims he is travelling with a copy of Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical Laudato Si’ and “going through it carefully.”

Published in International
December 10, 2014

Latin American Church leaders call for Church with 'Amazonian face'

Augustinian Father Miguel Angel Cadenas baptizes a young man June 12, in a village along the Urituyacu River in Peru. Latin American church leaders apologized for historical complicity with colonial atrocities in the Amazon and called for a church with a n "Amazonian face" in a pastoral letter issued as negotiators from around the world met for a climate summit here.

Latin American Church leaders apologized for historical complicity with colonial atrocities in the Amazon and called for a Church with an "Amazonian face" in a pastoral letter issued as negotiators from around the world met for a climate summit here.

Published in International