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… in 2005. "My church and my school were completely destroyed. My rectory and the convent were flooded with 4 feet of water," he said a few weeks after Katrina devastated much of the Gulf …

… Honorary Plaque After Sex Abuse Allegations … Philippines … Catholic Church appeals for flood aid for Mindanao … Quarter of Texas diocese’s priests are from Ghana … Windsor-Essex, …

… infinitude of depraved mind here bursting forth, and rolling in from abroad upon us like a flood,' . . . appealed to a potential supporter, 'how shall we lead in the aggressive movement …

… our utilitarian, consumer culture, you can be sure there will be plenty of anti-life messages flooding the airwaves that so shape the worldview of Millenials. It is difficult for polling on …

… rural areas where health care workers are struggling to handle the surge. The rain also caused flooding in low-lying areas and mudslides in the hills around the capital, causing more than two … as of June 9, the Haitian government reported. Several people have been reported missing. The floods displaced hundreds of people from hillside communities as well as from some of the … 2010 earthquake. One hard-hit area, the Delmas 33 neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, saw houses flooded and debris strewn along roadways, reported Sister Mary Finnick, a Grey Nun of the Sacred …

… on equally incomprehensible calculations of the actual dates of creation, the "Noah's ark" flood and Jesus' crucifixion. The first time Camping tried to decode the apocalypse, he arrived …

Good and gracious God, all the elements of nature obey your command. Calm the waters that threaten us and turn our fear of your power into praise of your goodness. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. God, our provider, we acknowledge you as the only source of growth and abundance. With your help we will plant our crops again, and by your power they will produce our harvest. In your…

… saved, versus abandoned and lost. It's relevant to the present dilemmas in dealing with the flooding along the Mississippi. "The delay in acting to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases …

… warned us years ago that we were in the throes of "future shock" paralysis: events and changes flooded us at a faster and faster speeds, boggling our minds and confounding our understanding. …

… Rural Life Conference newsletter this week carries a statement about the impact of deliberate flooding on rural communities. It begins: "This is not a criticism of those necessary actions, … of human lives. But before we simply let the waters drain away and mark this as another spring flood – albeit, a major historical one - let’s take a moment to understand the actual impact on …

… may be cleared, and refugee resettlement staff members are concerned that when it does, a flood of refugees might overwhelm dioceses. "While some of our sites are on target for arrivals, …

… soil water retention and resilience to climatic shocks such as higher temperature, droughts, floods and storms. Sustainable agriculture with its focus on building agro-ecological systems, …

… rural Australians who in recent years suffered through the effects of drought and “dramatic floods that have taken a high toll in lives and property.” She said the Australia, where many are …

… along the mighty Mississippi are heartbreaking: The farms that have been inundated with flood waters to spare a city, the homes, all of them poorer, too close to the river and in danger of being swept away, the reigniting of flooding fears in New Orleans and that most haunting question that city ever faces, “Will the … rights as a worker because you have no union to protect you. In short, the devastation of the floods and the tornadoes is sudden and overwhelming, and the economic devastation the middle and …

… back inactive Catholics. Along the Mississippi River … Agencies pitch in to help those hit by flooding … Philippines … On reproductive health bill, president open to dialogue with Catholic …

… Dams were threatened. Ponds quadrupled in size. All of the county roads were closed due to flooding. A friend of my brother’s, the prosecuting attorney for the county, was marooned for the … no letup. He said he had lived now through, in the past 15 years, three once-in-a-hundred year floods. These record rains followed on the heels of a winter that held a record snowstorm in …

… health care. Jordan and Syria have, generally speaking, acted responsibly as refugees have flooded their respective countries -- as responsibly as any nation facing an unwanted influx …

… passionate and dynamic kind of knowing, a resurrected knowing, a beatific knowing, completely flooded and drenched by the love of God. This is a moment we can only guess at from moments of …

… was represented, and 444 people came from 12 countries. Master catechists Kathleen and Jeff Flood from St. Bartholomew Parish in Long Beach, Calif., work with the RCIA program and have been … a story, to get an idea across in a given way, and I think that is what the congress is,” Jeff Flood said. “Each year it is a different story according to a theme. Everyone gets to be a protagonist in their own story.” Kathleen Flood said that they come “to search for whatever can inform adult faith formation, to take it …

… Abel showed violence coming into human history. Then the arrogance of people brought on the flood that, in the story, destroys the whole earth. Noah and his son Ham’s disrespect of him …