Advocacy Calls to Plug the Gaps in Government Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis
“This is a time of difficulty but also a time for growing in true discipleship as we strive to follow the Lord in selfless love and service of others.”
The coronavirus: A warning to care for our common home
The outbreak proves once again that we fail to learn from our history. This reality is not just limited to armed conflicts, political patterns, or social revolutions; it also applies to the way we treat our environment.
The Pope and single-use plastics
Pope Francis’s encyclical 'Laudato Si’' points to one undeniable fact: that human behavior is at the root of the ‘ecological crisis,’ and therefore at the heart of solving it.
Official Statement: On CoViD-19 and Care for Our Common Home
The COVID-19 pandemic is a reminder for us to take care of our environment. Let us remember that the environment is not just referring to Mother Nature and all the biodiversity surrounding us, but also our fellow human beings.
Fulfill moral obligation, phase out coal finance, Bishop tells banks
Speaking during the 3rd Philippine Environment Summit on Friday, Bishop Gerardo A. Alminaza of the Diocese of San Carlos, Negros Occidental, said banks must have concrete plans to phase out coal finance consistent with the need to address the climate crisis.
Saying NO to coal power: a Filipino Catholic responsibility
The world now has less than 10 years left to prevent climate change from worsening further. Not doing so would cause irreversible damage to all life on Earth, a moral failure of unprecedented proportions.
Climate pilgrims meet Madrid Filipino Catholic community
Filipino representatives of faith-based and civil society groups addressed the Filipino community in Madrid, Spain on the climate emergency.
Filipino religious at Madrid climate talks laud CHR report on carbon majors
In a red-letter moment for climate justice, Commissioner Roberto Cadiz of the Commission of Human Rights in the Philippines exposed in a side event at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 25th Conference of Parties (COP25), “Carbon majors may be legally liable and morally liable,... there are acts of obstruction,... willful obfuscation, criminal intent and there is fraud.”
Statement on the devastation of typhoon Kammuri (Tisoy)
Accountability and reparations in the face of climate emergency The devastation that has been...
Philippine faith communities declare climate emergency
MANILA – Leaders of various religions and faith communities in the Philippines assembled for the...
Pro-environment banking reforms in PH lauded
The UN Principles for Responsible Banking are a guide for the global banking industry to respond to, drive and benefit from a sustainable development economy.
National Clergy and Religious Discernment Groups: Peace-building in Time of Climate Emergency
A statement of unity and solidarity.