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CRS Zambia supports farmers restoring degraded land
… said the 52-year-old father of six. "But now, the land doesn't produce much, is often dry, and floods when it rains. The degraded soil makes our farms less fertile and unable to provide …
Mar 28, 2024
The politics of this Easter season
… … The Christian celebration of Easter is about new life, yet the world's consciousness remains flooded with ideas of death, where it is occurring due to war and famine and how to make it …
Mar 27, 2024
Faith-based Mother Earth Network aims to restore Maragoli Forest, and hope, in Kenya
… communities are subjected to unforgiving climate impacts, like recurrent drought, hunger and flooding. Despite several attempts by the government, the local bank and other organizations, …
Mar 26, 2024
Holy Saturday: Memories of loss, waiting and expectation
… concern for the poor, took the plunge and found themselves in China, dealing with victims of floods, epidemics, hunger and war. As we rejoice and continue to be inspired by this heritage, …
Mar 25, 2024
For 50 years, Texas IAF organizing group has drawn on Catholic roots
… drainage to San Antonio's West Side, minimizing drownings and property damage during flash floods. The success in San Antonio led to the formation of Texas IAF affiliates in Houston, El …
Mar 19, 2024
Lithium mines threaten South America's Native cultures, wealth and water
… rippled across Peine. Torres now works building homes for and rents to mine workers that have flooded the region. Companies advertise investment projects in nearby towns, touting mobile …
Mar 18, 2024
Marilynne Robinson's 'Reading Genesis' holds a tender, gracious view of God
… even the harshest realities such as poverty and death. Thus, in Reading Genesis , the flood is first and foremost a narrative conceptualization of the inscrutable reality that … a play-by-play of all the familiar stories. Here is the creation of Adam and Eve; Noah and the flood; Cain, the first criminal, mercifully protected by God; the birth and near sacrifice of …
Mar 16, 2024
New combative faith group to host 'Catholic prayer' for Trump at Mar-a-Lago
… made headlines that year for promoting conspiracy theories and accusing Democrats of trying to flood the nation with millions of immigrants "to change the demographics of our country." Flynn …
Mar 11, 2024
Fourth Sunday of Lent: Why does God let it happen?
… death of a child, an unjust war, the loss of young people to gang life, or even a tornado or flood. Some people blame God and then decide to give up on believing, concluding that God is …
Mar 9, 2024
To reform Catholic Church, honor Christ's authority
… to a loving culture of open invitation and accompaniment that lets grace flow and that floods the hearts of the faithful. Christ wants grace-filled, not fear-filled, faithful. If the …
Feb 29, 2024
Every bishop should decarbonize his diocese — and other Catholics can help
… C of warming by 2100. This could cause 20 feet of global sea level rise — an amount that would flood 50 major cities and displace 800 million people. This world for which we are currently on …
Feb 19, 2024
In Kansas City, Catholics recall how celebration turned to unimaginable loss
… in midtown here, John Lopez tended the parking lot on Ash Wednesday morning, awaiting a flood of vehicles filled with gleeful Kansas City Chiefs fans on their way to the Super Bowl …
Feb 15, 2024
A year after cyclone, church in Malawi rallies residents to tackle climate change by planting trees
… from the Archdiocese of Blantyre in southern Malawi. "The cyclone affected us a lot as heavy floods washed away thousands of hectares of crops, and people could not harvest. So we are …
Feb 15, 2024
One parent ponders a future without snow
… and more rain. This winter, heavy rainfall in my area led to power outages and dangerous flash floods. After one particularly brutal storm in early January, roads around our house were washed …
Feb 12, 2024
Record storms damage Southern California Catholic schools, delay events
… recorded there since 1877. The rain has so far resulted in at least nine deaths, as well as flooding, mudslides, downed trees, power outages and building damage. Yannina Diaz, interim … San Diego. St. John of the Cross principal Greg Krumm said the Jan. 22 storm produced "a flash flood like we've never had before" that in a matter of minutes "inundated the entire school — … community has rallied in solidarity with affected parishes and schools. Following the initial flood, Krumm said that support "just shows how close-knit we are and how willing we are to help …
Feb 8, 2024
Catholic agencies react amid prediction that 9 countries face emergency food insecurity
… might have one meal." Sablah said in some areas of the world, food insecurity is caused by flooding, desertification, dryness, market systems or people still recovering from the impact of … in South Sudan, she said. It is very dry where the people cross the border, and years of flooding have destroyed crops in other areas, she said. Bolton and Brick emphasized that CRS …
Feb 1, 2024
Q&A with philosopher John Caputo about 'What to Believe?' and radical theology
… coming across the old beat-up hat worn by your father, now long dead, which occasions a flood of memories of your childhood, of growing up, growing old, of life and death itself. That …
Jan 25, 2024
2023's record heat must spur action, not despair, says Carmelite climate scientist
… fuel emissions, and we're seeing the impacts in heat waves, intense rainfall, and coastal flooding." Greenhouse gas emissions released from burning coal, oil and gas trap heat in the … points and expose millions more people to climate-related impacts like more extreme storms, flooding, droughts, heat waves and sea rise. Taken together, the year-in-review reports offer "a …
Jan 23, 2024
Hunter Biden's memoir evokes comparison to prodigal son parable
… Mary. Biden wrote, "I couldn't stop repeating it. If I did, the pain of Beau's distance came flooding back." The brothers were extremely close. Beau was a constant during Hunter's first …
Jan 20, 2024
Sisters train to advocate for Malawi's displaced cyclone survivors
… for being the longest tropical cyclone lasting more than five weeks. The torrential rain and flooding affected other parts of Africa, including southern Malawi, northeast Zimbabwe, …
Jan 19, 2024