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… important is music at Sunday Mass? Parishes in North Carolina reach out and dig out after the floods.  [Peter Feuerherd is a correspondent for NCR's Field Hospital series on parish life and …

… but it is as inexorable as the waters of the Mississippi. Justice Clarence Thomas escaped the flood. Donald Trump escaped the flood, at least so far. But, it appears Mr. Kavanaugh is drowning. [Michael Sean Winters covers …

… County). Known as "Hope Monstrance," the ostensorium was buried in mud and debris when Katrina flooding overwhelmed the free-standing chapel of St. Dominic Parish in the Lakeview neighborhood …

… greater threat to our 'green and beautiful' earth than the more frequent and intense droughts, floods, storms and wildfire brought by climate change, which knows no barrier," said Nana Firman, … divestment." Among the latest is Caritas India, which continues to recover from devastating flooding in Kerala, a southwestern Indian state, that has killed more than 400 people and … nearly 1.3 million more.  … Related: … Catholic nuns take the forefront in relief work for flooded Kerala Bishop Lumen Monteiro, chairman of Caritas India, said in a statement said it will …

… of climate change — including increased droughts and more intense heatwaves, extreme storms, flooding and wildfires — will continue to worsen and likely become irreversible once the planet …

… with pilgrims in St. Peter's Square, the pope led them in praying for the victims of massive flooding caused by monsoon rains in the Indian state of Kerala. According to the BBC, more than …

… to repair roofs, finish cleaning indoor dangerous levels of fungus remaining after hurricane flooding and paint houses. Calzada is a rural, unplanned neighborhood of tightly built concrete … hadn't been reinforced with bamboo, all of them would've blown away." De Jesus said the flood's muddy waters reached her while she was lying in her bed in the dark. Three Calzada …

… were unique, and even the bishops did not know the monumental scale of the problem until the flood of victims came forward after the exposé by The Boston Globe. Finally, in the early days of …

… in need of emergency food assistance and people dying of preventable diseases, Parisio said. Flooding in the capital city of Mogadishu has also put people at risk, Lawrence added. Somalia …

… prayers … At Global Sisters Report:  … 140 years of perpetual adoration are unbroken by fire, flood or war … UN moves forward on compacts to manage migration, refugees … Column:  … Seeing …

… to ill treatment than they have been for a century or more, as union protections recede and a flood of low-wage jobs replace decent paying ones. News of large drops in the unemployment rate, …

… is indisputably warming up, causing more frequent, more intense, hurricanes, wildfires, floods, droughts and heat waves. The Holy Father reminded corporate oil executives that the 2015 …

… … Catholic bishops in Ivory Coast have blamed corruption and urban development for flash floods that destroyed shops and homes and left 20 people dead in the West African country's … The statement was published as bulldozers cleared properties damaged in the June 18-19 floods, which raged to up eight feet through parts of the coastal city. It said the Catholic … 21, Interior Minister Sidiki Diakite said the government had decided to expel inhabitants of flood-prone areas in two densely populated districts of Abidjan, a city of 5 million. He also …

… for children's services for the USCCB's Migration and Refugee Services office. "We're getting flooded," Kuennen added. "It's not just Catholic Charities, but MRS-wide." The one hitch: Most of …

… Centre on Statelessness. Cheap cell phones, which virtually no one previously could access, flooded the country almost overnight — all preloaded with the app. For people in Myanmar, Balazo …

… secondary school in Adjumani . As countries around the world grapple with the wave of refugees flooding their borders, Uganda has quietly accepted  a million South Sudanese refugees , almost …

… world, farmers struggle to feed their families and others in the face of increasing droughts, floods and high temperatures that are disrupting the food production system. Yet our leaders …

… undocumented past and the folk Epic of Gilgamesh, perhaps the oldest story ever found, for a flood story that would feed the Genesis Noah flood. He introduces the reader to Augustine, Pelagius, John Milton, Voltaire and Charles Darwin, …

… Parish in Ellicott City, Maryland, was a helping neighbor in many ways following recent heavy flooding there and nearby Catonsville. How to fend off discouragement and despair in ministry to …

… who stand to suffer the worst impacts of climate change, including more frequent droughts, floods and extreme weather events, while contributing the least to the problem. Although …