Friday 14 November 2008
European bishops say Christians should lead the way in using the
climate change issue as an opportunity to analyze societal practices
and return to the true values in life.
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Friday 17 October 2008
Pope Benedict XVI has written a Message to Jacques Diouf, director
general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
for the occasion of World Food Day, an annual event organised by the
FAO held every 16 October.
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Friday 23 May 2008
The US bishops are again emphasising that the developed world has to
help change the fact that those who contribute least to climate change
are those who suffer most from it.
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Wednesday 7 May 2008
The Holy See joined its voice to international treaties aiming to protect the ozone layer.
Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Holy See's permanent observer to the
United Nations, deposited the Instrument of Accession to the "Vienna
Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer"; to the "Montreal
Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer" and to its four
amendments, London (1990), Copenhagen (1992), Montreal (1997) and
Beijing (1999).
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Monday 14 May 2007 Here is the address Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations, delivered 10 May to the 15th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development of the Economic and Social Council on "Turning Political Commitments Into Action, Working Together in Partnership." |
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Monday 14 May 2007 The Holy See told the United Nations that present models of consumption must be changed to address the double challenge of climate change and the ever greater energy demands. Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations, participated in the 15th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development entitled "Turning Political Commitments Into Action, Working Together in Partnership" on 10 May. |
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