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Heaven can't wait: Church of England offers faster way to pay
2018-03-20 11:48:57| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Over 16,000 churches will be able to use cashless systems to help members make payments and donations.
Church of England leaders call on worshippers to fast for climate change
2015-07-14 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: The Church of England has pledged to fast for climate change action and pray for the Paris talks to succeed, urging the world's 70 million Anglicans to take up the global warming fight. The pledge by the powerful English General Synod, which leads the mother church for Anglicans worldwide, follows a similar push by the Catholic Church last month, when Pope Francis released a major encyclical that warned climate change has grave implications and fossil fuel technology must be replaced. It comes...
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Church of England introduce monthly fast for planet Earth as vicars trained 'eco-theology'
2015-06-19 19:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The Church of England is to urge worshippers to dedicate the first day of every month to fasting and prayer for planet Earth as part of a major drive to instill green ideas in its followers. Candidates for ordination as priests are also set to be trained in eco-theology while plans are being considered to install solar farms across parts of the Churchs extensive land holdings, in addition to existing wind farms. Details of the green initiatives emerged in papers sent out to members of the...
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Church of England divests from coal and tar sands
2015-05-01 13:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The Church of England has committed to divesting from two of the most polluting fossil fuels, thermal coal and tar sands. The organisation argues the Church has a moral responsibility to assist in the transition to the low-carbon economy. The religious institution will no longer make any direct investments in any company that derives more than 10% of its revenue from the extraction or the production of thermal coal or tar sands. The announcement coincides with the adoption of a new climate change...
Church of England failing to heed call to divest from fossil fuels
2014-11-04 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Church of England (CoE) is failing to heed the advice of Desmond Tutu to pull its investments out of fossil fuels, according to Bill McKibben, one of the worlds top climate activists. The retired Anglican Archbishop of South Africa said in April that organisations should divest from coal, gas and oil companies, a call he later reiterated when he said the divestment campaign was a moral movement to persuade fossil fuel companies away from a business model that threatens our very survival....
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