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Kentucky churches, communities work together to meet flood victims' needs
… They were cutting up melons to distribute to people hit hard by the torrential rain and flooding that has followed in the southeastern region of the state. "Northfork Local Foods (the … with high poverty rates and you end up with the perfect storm." She said that debris in the flood water and the numbers of roads washed away are making it hard for first responders to reach … "seeing on the ground," she said in a July 28 phone interview with Catholic News Service. The floods are worse than last year's, "which were intense," Campos added. She said these conference …
Democrats' new spending bill helps restore the good government brand
… more affordable prescription drugs. All of us really do need fewer wildfires and droughts and floods and hurricanes. We really do need the kind of justice that makes sure Jeff Bezos and Elon …
Indigenous Ghost Dance teaches love of Earth and Jesus, 'He Who Makes Live'
… number of species are much more susceptible to disruption from climate, such as droughts, floods or extreme temperatures. Higher populations make for larger-scale conflict. There is the …
Bishops conclude assembly with guidelines to better implement Laudato Si' in East Africa
… effects could be felt by the unpredictability of the seasons, the droughts, the cyclones, the floods," Kasonde said, speaking to the media after the plenary’s closing Mass. The bishops from …
Eastern Africa bishops explore consequences of climate change on daily life
… of climate change, such as extreme seasons of droughts, cyclones, raising of water levels, and floods, to mention but a few, are making everyone wonder why these things are happening," Bishop …
African youth deliver environmental demands to bishops at Laudato Si' meeting
… facing extinction by the end of the century. Signs of climate impacts are across Africa. Major floods killed hundreds of people in South Africa in the spring, while prolonged droughts have …
Catholics must stand against Supreme Court's anti-life climate ruling
… challenge to life both for the human community as well as the rest of creation. Its impact via flooding, excessive heat, famine due to drought and other climate-induced weather events is …
Is the Supreme Court in danger of abandoning its own legitimacy?
… days before the court's decision was issued, Yellowstone was closed due to extreme weather flooding out roads, hundreds of thousands of citizens in the Midwest were without power due to extreme storms while others battled sweltering heat. But, hey, all that heat and the flash floods may result in increasing amounts of sand for the people to pound. The time is coming when …
After Supreme Court climate ruling, Catholic leaders say legislation is 'critical'
… next decade — a threshold scientists have said will bring about more dangerous heat waves, flooding, droughts and extreme storms. EPA administrator Michael Regan called the West Virginia …
Pope Francis' new apostolic letter is about more than 'liturgy wars'
… of sacramental signs, we would truly risk being impermeable to the ocean of grace that floods every celebration. ... The astonishment or wonder of which I speak is not some sort of …
Anti-Roe justices a part of Catholicism’s conservative wing
… story, how Catholics and Jews overcame anti-Catholic and antisemitic resistance and eventually flooded into elite schools," Stolzenberg said. A 2017 study found 28% of federal appellate judges …
Pope, Anglican, Presbyterian leaders send messages to South Sudan
… his message, Welby acknowledged the ongoing suffering of the South Sudanese people. "I see the floods that endanger your homes; I see the famine that makes each day a struggle," he said; "and …
Catholic groups outline priorities for defense of oceans, biodiversity ahead of UN summits
… seas, placing the more than 680 million people living in low-lying coastal areas at risk of flooding or even losing their homes altogether. The potential of relocating communities — a …
Oblivion and salvation in the ark of the honeybees
… too want to chase flowers as a means of survival. Some days, it seems like the whole world is flooded with fluorescent light and concrete, and I want their hive to be my ark, a desire that acknowledges both oblivion and salvation at once. The hive is an escape from floods of filth and garbage, our planet drowned in greenhouse gas emissions and toxic plastics. …
FBI opens sweeping probe of clergy sex abuse in New Orleans
… could deepen the legal peril for the archdiocese as it reels from a bankruptcy brought on by a flood of sex abuse lawsuits and allegations that church leaders turned a blind eye to generations …
Catholic Theological Society of America resolves to divest from fossil fuels
… 2030. Surpassing that level is expected to bring about disastrous consequences, they wrote, as floods, wildfires, droughts and storms increase in strength and frequency, and "poses an …
Clean Air Act standards aid 'significant' reduction in air pollution, says new study
… in numerous ways , including reducing the impact of extreme heat and assisting in mitigating flooding. Trees also improve air quality by absorbing pollutants from the air and by reducing …
The nonviolent path
… protect more guns as the solution to guns. Something is not working as lethal weapons flood freely into a society already driven by irrational fear of a more diverse community. Jesus …
Dartmouth touts progress on emissions, but critics see lack of urgency on climate
… in ceiling panels or beneath the floor. Nearly all of the work and laboratory spaces are flooded with natural light. Exterior shades automatically lower when the sun is heating up the …
US Catholic bishops press Congress to pass $555 billion climate legislation
… to limit average global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius and avert far more dangerous flooding, droughts, wildfires and storms expected to accompany greater warming. "This is a …