The movement to divest from fossil fuels always hinged on a fundamentally moral argument: Climate change is unjust, so investing it its causes is unjust.
Pope Francis is crystal clear that the current development model based on the use of coal, oil and gas, must end. In its place we need renewable energy and new modes of production and consumption that combat global warming.
All over the world Catholics are uniting to call on their local institutions to take a moral stand for climate justice and divest from fossil fuels. In doing so they are building momentum for Pope Francis to follow up his powerful words with decisive action and divest the Vatican from fossil fuels.