Janet Ryan: Hope springs eternal
A vote for officials who understand the climate emergency and the urgency to make positive changes is a vote of hope for all creation.
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A vote for officials who understand the climate emergency and the urgency to make positive changes is a vote of hope for all creation.
"At the present time the world needs alliances that are not against someone, but in favor of everyone," he said.
Faith leaders are calling on the world's governments and heads of state to take urgent action on the climate.
Dubai, 3rd December 2023 – His Eminence the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayeb and His Holiness Pope Francis have signed a declaration of support for urgent climate action, giving video addresses to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) ...
In societies where religion predominates, it is pivotal that faith-based organisations play their part in eradicating gender-based violence and femicide - and face resistance and possibly alienation in response to the call for gender equality that will threaten to shake the foundations of patriarchal religious traditions, writes Joanne Joseph.