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After Batsirai, Madagascans terrified of next cyclone, says CRS official
… also near the east coast. Many houses that district are made of clay and disintegrated in the floods, Fajardo said. The east of Madagascar "is lush; it is the country's breadbasket and known …
Church in Brazil opens doors to shelter those who lost homes in mudslides
… the city's parishes have opened their doors to assist victims of the torrential rainstorm that flooded the historic city of Petrópolis. Bishop Gregório Paixão Neto asked that priests and …
As Build Back Better stalls, faith leaders call Biden, Senate to 'moment for courage' on climate
… the severe repercussions of climate change: wildfires, superstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and increasingly-intense weather phenomena that cause damage, injury, and loss of life. We …
Selection of Archbishop-designate Fabre brings US church closer to Francis' pastoral vision
… Hurricane Ida last summer. Rising sea levels put cities like Houma at great risk of serious flooding in the years to come. The Surging Seas risk finder predicts Houma has an 89% chance of having at least one severe flood over 6 feet before 2050. In his new assignment, Fabre will be able to work with one of the …
Ice Cube's 'Good Day' taught me how to pray the Examen
… chainlink fence. The excitement would quiet only when the Parks Department switched off the flood lights at 10 p.m. Some weekends, my father drove us into South Central for a "Fatburger," …
Ahead of midterm elections, interfaith 'revival' links voting rights, climate
… locations and hours, and added registration requirements. Their experiences living through flooding and severe storms, increasingly made stronger as temperatures rise, are a main reason … for these communities, Malcom said. In places like Charleston, South Carolina, increased flooding in recent decades has forced the city to respond, Brewster added. "Charleston has really …
Links: Dorothy Day's canonization controversies; money in politics; smog over the Olympics
… the country needs: More money in politics. Yeesh. Politico reports on the millionaires who are flooding Senate races with campaign contributions or, worse, running for office themselves. …
'Don't Look Up' highlights the deep sacramentality of human connection
… inclined to argue first and seek facts later, if at all. As news clips and social media posts flood the screen throughout the movie, we watch human beings move further and further away from …
Fresh start
… descent of a dove on Jesus recalls the sign that life is being renewed on the earth after the flood. The baptism by John in the Jordan repeats the Passover and the Exodus of the Hebrews from …
Step into the light
… in their created nature. “The reign of God is at hand,” Jesus proclaims, as inner light floods into lives that had been overshadowed by sin, disease and depression. Christmas is meant …
A 'Catholic' diocese that values internet hierarchy over religious expertise
… These tight moderations are intended to keep trolls to a minimum — the bots and bad actors who flood large internet chatrooms and subreddits with lewd comments and violent rhetoric. Moderators …
2022
… the poor and trashing the environment. Climate change has disrupted weather patterns with flood, fire, drought and the displacement of millions while a pandemic rages. Political conflicts …
Catholic aid agencies respond to 2021 disasters with immediate and long-term relief
… Management Agency," she said, noting that its agencies also respond to local events, like floods, which impact local communities. Burgo is part of a staff of four monitoring disasters and … such as Hurricane Ida were some of the top disaster priorities of the past year, along with floods, tornados and winter storms in the Midwest and the South. "We do not have unlimited … situation in that Caribbean nation. A December typhoon hit the Philippines, and summer flooding wreaked havoc in Germany and Belgium, while China, India, Nepal and Indonesia …
Lamentation
… of national security or ethnic purity. Indicted as well are the politicians and profiteers who flood the world with enough deadly arms and domestic guns to hold everyone hostage to total …
2021 in review: Pope calls world to act on impact of climate change on poorest countries
… The invitation came as communities globally experienced extreme heat and drought, massive flooding, intense and long-burning wildfires, rising sea levels and failed crops in 2021. The …
St. John the Divine
… In his first letter, John affirms that our encounter with Jesus sends grace — divine nature – flooding into human nature, perfecting its original potential to become one with God, first …
Your thoughts on Latin Mass idealogues
… the pastors to their local bishops. I remember listening to a bishop complaining about being flooded by letters from these same people and their rigidity of mind and practice when it came to …
West Virginia faith leaders deliver Christmas card to bring Manchin back to Build Back Better bill
… also … for me care for the poor and the marginalized who suffer the brunt of the West Virginia flooding or the hurricanes in the lower parts of New Orleans." Blakeman added she's emphasized … is particularly vulnerable to climate change — from being most at risk from increased flooding , to ice storms in February in her hometown of Huntington that left some without power …
Public funding of religious schools is coming. The first lesson is compromise.
… most states during the anti-Catholic hysteria of the 19 century when Catholic immigrants were flooding into the country. Today it is still in effect in about 37 state constitutions. In 2020, …
EarthBeat Weekly: 'Pursuit of climate justice is inextricable from the pursuit of racial justice'
… the diversities of contexts and human lives," she said. Long before Hurricane Ida's aftermath flooded subway lines and basement apartments in New York City in September, people in places like … with rising sea levels and severe storms, while millions have been displaced by drought, flooding and crop failure in African countries and in Central America. Those people are generally … And in South Sudan, the bishop in one of the country's largest dioceses appealed for aid as flooding left roads, homes, farms and markets under three feet of water, reports Frederick Nzwili …