Pursuit of Net Zero Carbon - Common Home Corps
This is a young adult group with the Catholic Climate Covenant, aimed to motivate Catholic dioceses to take climate action.
United together as Catholics, we must act for the common good and take action.
Caring for God’s Creation and being a good steward is our duty, our responsibility. We can experience deep spirituality when in nature. God is present.
“Peace, justice and the preservation of creation are three absolutely interconnected themes, which cannot be separated and treated individually” (Laudato Si’, no. 92).
The Diocese of San Diego has successfully divested from fossil fuels:
The Archdiocese of Chicago is shifting to 100% renewable energy in 2024:
The U.S. Catholic Church owns more than 100,000 buildings. U.S. Catholic commitments to science-based targets would move civil society—utilities, governments, etc.—to meet the demand by reforming structures and policies.
This would bring in many youth and young adult. Evangelization is the “announcing of Christ by a living testimony as well as by the spoken word” (Lumen Gentium, no. 35, emph. added).
Every bishop should decarbonize his diocese — and other Catholics can help