LIVE SIMPLY - ST MARY’S AND BISHOP ETON
Pope Francis is inviting everyone to have “a more humble Christmas” this year.
“Let’s renew our closeness to the battered people of Ukraine, persevering in fervent prayer for our brothers and sisters who are suffering so much. Let us celebrate Christmas in a humbler way, with simpler gifts, and let us send what we save to the Ukrainian people who need it,” Pope Francis wrote on Twitter.
A Positive Outcome:
During the COP15 on Biodiversity, an agreement was reached, which includes a commitment to protect 30% of land and water considered important for biodiversity by 2030 and has been coined “30 by 30.” As part of the deal, $200 billion will be raised by 2030, along with plans to phase out or reform subsidies that could provide another $500 billion for similar causes.