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We take a systemic approach, advocating for policies that contribute to relationships of solidarity with people and planet.
Change the system, not the climate.
We are living within a broken system that has created a planetary crisis. Those most affected by climate change are those least responsible and the international policy frameworks we have in place aren’t working.
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By coming together Catholic religious orders have a much stronger public voice on key issues of climate change and social justice.
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ORCIE Presentation: Reflections from COP30 in Belém, Brazil
Date: December 9, 2025 at 2:30 pm (EST)Location: Presentation Manor Theatre, Toronto (61 Fairfax Crescent, Scarborough, ON) At this in-person event, ORCIE’s Executive Director, Genevieve Gallant, will share her firsthand…
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Signing On for Justice at COP30
ORCIE has proudly joined three major Catholic and civil society sign-on statements at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, and we invite our member congregations to add their voices to this collective…
🌍Budget 2025 Does Not Reflect ORCIE’s Focus on Integral Ecology
By Joe Gunn, Board Co-Chair & Treasurer, ORCIE After the spring 2025 election, Canadians had to wait until November 4 to see the “generational budget” promised by their new federal…
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“It was heartening to learn that MPs found the Religious moral argument compelling, and some of them were Catholic…Christians; it gives us pull in that realm.”
