Laudato Si’ Movement mourns loss of Cardinal Claudio Hummes Jul 5, 2022 | Blog, News and Updates, Prayer, StatementsThe entire Laudato Si’ Movement family mourns the death of Cardinal Claudio Hummes, who dedicated his life to serving the poor, Indigenous Peoples, and advocating for our common home. Cardinal Hummes died on Monday at the age of 87. He notably inspired Pope Francis to...
Laudato Si’ Movement statement on Italian agency SACE not investing in EACOP May 26, 2022 | Blog, Campaigns, Divestment, Press, StatementsROME, MAY 26, 2022 – Laudato Si’ Movement applauds the decision by Italian Export Credit Agency SACE to join the growing number of financial institutions declining to invest in the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The decision, made just days before...
Why I have hope this Easter Apr 17, 2022 | Blog, News and Updates, Prayer, StatementsHappy Easter! Christ has risen! Alleluia! Today’s celebration reminds us that despite whatever might be happening in the world, death never has the final answer. There is always hope for new life, for transformation. As Pope Francis says in Laudato Si’, “for we know...
The Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development stands with Ugandan activists to denounce the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Mar 29, 2022 | Blog, Campaigns, Divestment, News and Updates, StatementsThe Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development welcomed four African environmental activists: Maxwel Atuhura,Executive Director- Tasha Research Institute Africa; Vanessa Nakate, climate justice activist and the first Fridays For Future striker in...
Statement on fossil fuels and war in Ukraine Feb 28, 2022 | Blog, Divestment, StatementsThis should be a day of the very important IPCC report, “Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability,” and it still is. The three main messages of the report highlight that 1) even a temporary overshoot of 1.5 degrees Celsius is...
