Parishes often take a certain pride in how neat and tidy their grounds are – but soon they will be more concerned about letting them grow wild and attracting bees and butterflies. Following their spring general meeting Catholic bishops’ said they were asking parishes across Ireland to give over almost a third of their grounds Read more
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30 per cent of Ireland’s Catholic parish grounds to be ‘rewilded’ by 2030
Thursday, March 16th, 2023Caritas reminds Government to address responsibilities
Thursday, April 28th, 2022
Against a backdrop of high inflation, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is reminding the Government to address its responsibilities to tackle ongoing crises in housing, climate change and underlying inequality that worsen outcomes for the poor. It made the comments in its submission to the Finance and Expenditure Committee about the Budget Policy Statement 2022. Inequality Read more
Vatican to replace service vehicles with all-electric fleet
Monday, November 16th, 2020As part of its long-running efforts to respect the environment and reduce its use of resources, the Vatican said it was gradually trying to replace all its service vehicles with an all-electric fleet. “Soon we will start collaborating with automobile manufacturers who are able to provide electrical vehicles for evaluation,” said Roberto Mignucci, director of Read more
Jesuits ditch fossil fuel investments
Thursday, February 27th, 2020
The Jesuits in Britain will ditch fossil fuel companies from its $500 million equity portfolio by the end of the year. It is the largest Catholic religious order in the UK so far to join the global divestment movement. The fossil fuel divestment is just part of an in-depth examination of the orders investments which Read more