“The report compiles global data on health, education and standard of living. And for the first time in three decades it shows that there has been a decline two years in a row, in 2020 and again in 2021. Worse, it has returned to its 2016 level. The combination of the COVID pandemic,”
“the UN COP26 Climate Change Conference. "Every crisis calls for vision, the ability to formulate plans and put them rapidly into action, to rethink the future of the world, our common home, and to reassess our common purpose," Francis said.”
“They are part of a group of "ecumenical climate pilgrims" who have set out on foot from the Polish city of Zielona Gora towards Glasgow. They are making the 1,450 km trek to Scotland to participate in the 26th International Climate Conference (Cop26), that begins on Nov. 1.”
“Since 2016, the Global Catholic Climate Movement has championed the fossil fuel divestment movement within the church, and its divest-reinvest campaign has played a key role in declarations from roughly 250 Catholic institutions.”