The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee adopted a $500 million spending package for the Green Climate Fund late last week before Senators departed for the July 4th recess. The GCF is a fund within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change founded as a mechanism to assist developing countries in adaptation and mitigation practices to counter climate change.
National Catholic leaders expressed disappointment with the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of United States v. Texas, in which 34 states have challenged immigration guidelines issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security, relating to the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) program and expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
As the global community prepares to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of Pope Francis’s groundbreaking encyclical Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home on June 18, the Ignatian Solidarity Network affirms the efforts of Jesuit and partner institutions to respond to Pope Francis’s challenge to “care for our common home.” Over the past year, the Ignatian network has demonstrated a deep desire to respond through education, prayer, and action, which counter the challenges facing all of humanity in the form of climate change.
