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Night view of the Georgia Pacific plant on the Fox River in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Feb 3, 2023

Displaced persons meeting pope underscore South Sudan's overlapping crises

Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service

Feb 2, 2023

Church helps mining community evolve in dark, warming Arctic

Giovanna Dell'orto, The Associated Press

Jan 31, 2023

Congo is being 'martyred' for its natural resources. Will Pope Francis challenge the US, China?

Christopher White

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Bad weather is here. How to see it as grace.

Simran Jeet Singh, Religion News Service

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A group of internally displaced people arrive by boat at Malakal riverside seeking safety at the Malakal Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Upper Nile State, South Sudan, Dec. 3, 2022. (CNS/UNHCR/Charlotte Hallqvist)

Faith

Displaced persons meeting pope underscore South Sudan's overlapping crises

Ongoing flooding in South Sudan is causing people to move into regions traditionally populated by members of other ethnic groups. That leads to competition for land and resources that fuels ethnic tensions.

Science

Animal welfare groups hail FDA decision to lift animal testing requirements

Hailed as a victory by animal welfare groups, new federal legislation now eliminates a long-standing requirement that investigational drugs must be tested on animals before humans receive them in drug trials.

Varshini Prakash, co-founder and executive director of the Sunrise Movement, in "To the End" (Courtesy of Roadside Attractions/Amber Fares)

Politics

In 'To the End,' four women of color fight to preserve our planet

A new documentary follows four women who seek to raise awareness about climate change through advocacy in government and official institutions. It's a time bomb of a film that is also defiantly infused with hope.

Jose Solís

A member of the Brazilian Air Force prepares a platform loaded with food bags to be launched to the Surucucu base at Yanomami indigenous territory in Boa Vista, Brazil, Feb. 2, 2023. (OSV News/Reuters/Amanda Perobelli)

Justice

Brazilian church provides aid to the Yanomami, calls for justice after 'genocide'

The severe health care and hunger crisis affecting the Yanomami indigenous people in Brazil prompted church leaders to coordinate help and work with government agencies and indigenous organizations to provide food and medical attention to the sick.

Small Earth Stories

A little free newsstand to share 'Mother Nature News' in Texas

Anne Walzel

Inspired by the concept of the Little Free Library initiative that promotes free public book exchanges, I've put together a plan for a little free newsstand in front of my home called "Mother Nature News."

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