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Global South Bishops Unite to Demand Climate Justice and Fossil Fuel Phase-Out

The bishops have issued a unified ecological appeal ahead of November’s UN climate summit that rejects carbon markets as false solutions

Faithful gather in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican waiting for Pope Leo XIV to appear at his studio's window, Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Faithful gather in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican waiting for Pope Leo XIV to appear at his studio's window, Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope Leo XIV appears at his studio's window to bless the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Overview

  • Asia, Africa and Latin American bishops issued their first joint ecological appeal urging climate justice for regions bearing the brunt of warming
  • The document brands carbon trading, clean-tech mining and green capital schemes as false solutions that perpetuate exploitation
  • Signatories call for the complete abandonment of fossil fuels in favor of an economic model rooted in the common good
  • Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu described the appeal as a “cry of dignity” and affirmed climate justice as a human and spiritual right
  • Pope Leo XIV underscored papal environmental continuity by visiting a Vatican solar project site and planning a summer ecological retreat