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Development aid in danger of losing to bombast and bombs
… families"; "Training families and communities to prepare for disasters such as droughts or flooding so that they can survive and rebound more quickly"; "Helping communities strengthen …
Morning Briefing
… Barrier Reef … The Sisters of Bon Secours have always provide health services, but … massive flooding in Peru has sisters "thinking on their feet and troubleshooting" like never before … . …
Sisters on the ground in flood-ravaged Peru provide medical aid to residents
… Soli Salgado … Peru's most destructive flooding in two decades has destroyed more than 800 villages as the warming of Pacific waters … attributed to the phenomenon El Niño, is expected to continue throughout April. Landslides and flooding have affected 24 of the country's 25 regions, and 13 regions have declared a state of … flew more than 3,500 pounds of medicine into the country within two weeks of the initial flooding, said Camille Grippon, director of ecology and global ministries for Bon Secours Health …
Morning Briefing, International
… Day, Divine Mercy Sunday align And from … Global Sisters Report … : Sisters on the ground in flood-ravaged Peru provide medical aid to residents Deepening the idea of hospitality in New …
Mary Magdalene drama illuminates: God's forgiveness wipes the slate clean
… days, an era of leprosy and the plague, of ravaging raids and violent wars, of unpredictable floods and famines. And sin was blamed as the cause of it all. Priests castigated their flocks …
Fifth Sunday of Lent
… is left of their communal hopes. Like a family who scavenge through the rubble of their flooded out home, all they see is death, moldy debris they prefer not to touch. Then comes the …
Florida bishop concerned US won't meet carbon emission goals after Trump order
… small farmers deal with drought, and poor villages strengthen their defenses to typhoons and floods — these are the people Pope Francis called on us to help." O'Keefe added that the impacts …
Morning Briefing
… Can Trump and the GOP win with tax reform? … Don't miss this story at Global Sisters Report: … Flooded Ngäbe communities continue to fight dam … Q & A with Sr. Elaine MacInnes … , teaching …
A wall in their river: Flooded Ngäbe communities continue to fight dam
… of Kiad, Nuevo Palomar, Quebrada de Caña and Quebrada de Plata weren't consulted about the flooding of their lands, they say, which directly affects around 500 people but also has an …
Morning Briefing
… us … God is in our midst and is working through us … Kiad, Chiriquí Province, Panama -- … Flooded Ngäbe communities continue to fight dam … Related story: … Washington hearing is …
Deluges in Peru trigger flash floods, landslides; at least 85 dead
… taken the child to the hospital. Picking her way over boulders carried down the river by the flood, Chipana joined neighbors, who had also lost their houses, as Catholic Church workers … Parish in Huachipa, in the Diocese of Chosica on Lima's east side, the area hardest hit by flooding in March. They sorted and bagged donations of food and water for emergency distribution, … houses and another 670,000 had suffered damage to their homes. Along the desert coast, flash floods raged down riverbeds that had been dry for years. Near Chipana's house, floodwaters had …
Catholic climate petition to Trump surpasses 15,000 signatures
… the co-sponsors, said in a statement. He referenced effects his constituents feel now: chronic flooding, coral bleaching and threatened freshwater supplies in the Everglades. "We cannot ignore …
Second Sunday of Lent
… God hadn’t been active, but the last time God had actually spoken to humanity was after “the Flood.” Then God gave the word of promise that humanity would never again suffer such devastating …
Eastern Europe's church leaders face growing criticism over refugees
… the crisis has receded from media headlines during 2017, European Union data suggest the flood of refugees is still rising, with over 370,000 people seeking asylum across the EU's 28 …
Many languages and traditions, together before our God
… the pictures were taken, our Latino parishioners and members of our Multicultural Committee flooded in and started to set up for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and the sounds of …
Situation for Iraqi refugees in Jordan 'critical and dangerous'
… human dignity?" asked Jaar, who has devoted his ministry to aiding Iraqi and Syrian refugees flooding into Jordan from neighboring conflicts for more than a decade. Daniela Cicchella of the …
Myanmar's Cardinal Bo calls for 'green theology of liberation'
… ranks as the second-most vulnerable nation for global warming, Bo said, subject to cyclones, floods and other disasters spawned by climate change. "We are gathered here today not against …
Catholics continue to press Trump on climate change
… teaching, adaptation ranks among the most important actions we can take," listing hurricanes, floods, droughts, famines and water shortages as weather disasters that hit the poor and most …
Advocates expect to see more asylum seekers cross U.S.-Canadian border
… see, refugees don't feel safe in the States anymore." However, Piche said he did not expect a "flood of people" because "it's just more difficult to get here." …
Trump’s wish to ban Muslim immigration is widely shared in Europe
… years. Of the countries with over 60 percent support for a ban, Austria and Hungary were flooded by the human wave that passed through southeastern Europe on its way to Germany in 2015. …