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Herring fishermen, Justice Kagan, truth and Cardinal McElroy
… and governmental conundrum from a different angle. "Isn't it [overturning Chevron ] inviting a flood of litigation?" she asked. That is exactly why her pro-business, libertarian colleagues …
Jan 19, 2024
Disaster relief organization leader leans on Catholic faith
… least to cause the problem, but they are being hit the hardest by more intense droughts and floods and storms. It's vital for humanitarian relief organizations to build resources for people …
Jan 18, 2024
Native Hawaiian salt makers combat climate change and pollution to protect a sacred tradition
… sand dune erosion from vehicle traffic to the beach, which causes the waves to crest and flood the patch. "Some ask us why we can't move this practice to a different location," she said. …
Jan 11, 2024
With farming initiative, Nigerian priest aims to increase local protein consumption
… Surplus goods are sold, and funds from the sales are reinvested in the farm. During the 2022 flood disaster, which displaced some 1.3 million Nigerians , the farm provided 100 chickens to … rice, beef, one carton of noodles and vegetable oil when her community of Pakiama was hit by flood last year. "My children and I had challenges with food and meat during that period. It was a difficult time for us. The crops on my farm were washed away by the flood and we had nothing to survive on," she said. "Fr. Zachariah's farm is like a support system …
Jan 3, 2024
Devotions on creation from Kat Armas: 'Sacred Belonging'
… on the foliage for nesting. Because there was no longer any plant life to protect the ground, flooding washed away the soil and erosion progressed, changing the flow of rivers. This …
Jan 1, 2024
How Charlie Brown's Christmas tree brings us back to Earth
… round them as families and communities — a beautiful ceremony — yet drown ourselves in a flood of consumer goods and ideology? There is enduring communal meaning at its heart, and its …
Dec 11, 2023
Why is the Catholic Church participating in a UN climate summit?
… least to global warming but are most impacted by dangerous heat waves, droughts, wildfires, flooding and storms. Along with other religious actors, they have framed a global response to …
Dec 6, 2023
Cardinal Tobin: Faith leaders can influence the world on climate change
… livestock and wiped out people's ability to earn a living. In 2022 in Pakistan, catastrophic flooding left a third of the country under water, a calamity that the Pakistani government says …
Dec 1, 2023
Letters to the editor on US bishops' 'preeminent priority' for Catholic voters
… to our population. Thousands die from the effects of high temperatures, extreme rainfall with flooding, crop failures, etc. Our physical environment is becoming untenable for supporting life …
Dec 1, 2023
Catholics at COP28 vow to carry ill pope's call for action on climate change
… have said surpassing 1.5 could expose millions more people to dangerous heat waves, droughts, floods and other extreme weather. Average global temperatures have risen 1.1 to 1.2 C since …
Nov 30, 2023
Aaron Neville on singing, crashing and St. Jude
… my mother and younger daughter stayed for stretches at my house, among the 20% that didn't flood. Ariel, who died of heart failure in 2008, was a child with Down syndrome, then 15, deeply curious about the city's survival. We drove through flood-battered neighborhoods playing " Believe ," Neville's gospel CD, in the car; the lead cut, … in the dining room bookcase, a song she sang repeatedly that first Carnival season after the flood in early 2006, dancing around the table, swirling plastic beads thrown from the parade …
Nov 27, 2023
Kevin Vallier offers a precise, thoughtful analysis of an unhinged movement
… he is stuck with it. Integralists must exercise hard power. Images of the Jan. 6 insurrection flood the mind, only led by the cross and nationwide. It is too horrific to contemplate, and …
Nov 27, 2023
Despite challenges, promise of Advent shines bright into our darkness
… for people who have lost loved ones, their homes and all their possessions after the droughts, floods and earthquakes, which are the result of the extreme weather conditions experienced in …
Nov 23, 2023
Turkey, our national bird of gratitude, carries the seeds for a new world
… the Trickster, ruined it. He stole the babies of Water Monster, who in response sent a massive flood. The People scattered in panic, trying to gather what they could. They fled to the highest … kinds of seeds: squash, beans, many varieties of corn. She was last because she had risked the flood to gather what the People needed. The People repented and honored Turkey. First Woman …
Nov 21, 2023
As floods strike eastern Africa, church leaders hope for concrete COP28 climate actions
… action against climate change, as churches and agencies moved to aid people affected by floods. The flooding — linked to the El Niño phenomenon caused by warming of the ocean surface — has killed … United Nations described as the worst in 40 years. "Things are not good. Many areas are now flooded and families are trying to move to higher grounds. The roads have either been swept away …
Nov 15, 2023
Joseph Strickland was my bishop. Here's why he had to go.
… of unity, so nurtured in my journey into the church, was ripped away as my thoughts became flooded with confusion and my mind became divided on who to believe. I was scandalized from then …
Nov 15, 2023
What Catholic and environmental officials expect from Pope Francis at COP28
… hope he will highlight the serious impacts that stronger storms and more severe droughts and flooding have on people, including those forced to leave their homes. Poreku, a Missionary Sister …
Nov 14, 2023
Religions call on COP28 for climate pledge accountability, rapid shift to clean energy
… and scientists have stated that each degree of warming increases climate-related risks — like floods, droughts, sea rise and extreme storms — that threaten people and ecosystems. "As we …
Nov 9, 2023
Don't overinterpret special elections tomorrow
… Republican voters. Beshear also gets high marks for how he has handled some recent disasters : flooding, a tornado and a mass shooting. Both campaigns have the race close with Beshear slightly …
Nov 6, 2023
Economic impacts of climate change drive workers in Bangladesh to modern slavery
… areas like Satkhira. Due to its geography and topography, Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to flooding and other climate-related disasters. The country experiences cyclones, floods and salinity into the agricultural lands and water resources. According to climate …
Nov 3, 2023