At high enough temperature no catalyst is required! We can safely assume a reaction such as this is not occurring at room temperature otherwise base metal mines all around the world would start catching fire! In the presence of the atmosphere in this case the thermodynamically stable species are CuO (tenorite), Fe2O3 (hematite, with time) SO2 at the earth's surface is unstable and will eventually be converted to sulfate and incorporated into the soil as a soluble salt.