The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (also known as Conference of the Parties or COP30) is beginning in Brazil, and will include 8 cardinals and 47 bishops, as well as thousands of priests, nuns and lay Catholics.
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SÃO PAULO – In the year of the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato si’, in which he discussed themes like global warming and the protection of the common house, the Church is prepared for an impacting participation at the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (also known as Conference of the Parties or COP30).
The event, which is being held this year in Belém, a city in the Amazonian State of Pará, in Brazil, will receive 8 cardinals and 47 bishops, as well as thousands of priests, nuns and lay Catholics. The main conference (happening between Nov. 10-21) was preceded by the Climate Summit, which gathered heads of State between Nov. 6-7.
