DATE:            June 26, 2009

FROM:           Sr. Mary Ann Walsh, USCCB Department of Communications

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WASHINGTON—The seventy-sixth meeting of the North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation took place at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in Crestwood, New York, June 1 to 3. The session, hosted by the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA), was co-chaired by Metropolitan Maximos of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Pittsburgh and Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. 

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DATE:           June 25, 2009

FROM:           Don Clemmer, USCCB Department of Communications

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Catholic organizations focus on impact of climate change on poor

Urge greater funding to help poor affected by climate change worldwide

Cite call to care for creation and the ‘least of these’

WASHINGTON—Leaders of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) said they were encouraged by provisions aimed at protecting the poor and vulnerable at home and abroad in the latest climate change legislation, but added that they were “very concerned about the inadequate funding for assisting the poorest people and countries on earth” to help them adapt to the impact of climate change.

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