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Nigerian Catholic community mobilizes to help with victims of flooding
… News Service … Emeka Okoye, a 54-year-old farmer, and his family got trapped when a heavy flood bubbled into their apartment in southeastern Nigeria. He quickly moved his family from the … swept away by the gushing flood, while others were damaged," Okoye said of the early October flooding. Emeka also lost his farmland — his yams, cassava and potatoes. "I expected a bumper … Early this year, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency warned of the impending devastating floods and, in September, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency informed Nigerians that the …
Sisters frustrated at COP27 leaders' ambivalence in implementing climate mitigation funds
… South, and they have already told us what's happening to their land — there is drought and floods, and people have lost livelihoods due to climate change," she said. Religious sisters have …
As COP27 talks stall, Catholics smash tablets, pray for divine intervention on Sinai
… South. The Zambian-born Jesuit noted that climate change has contributed to hunger, death, floods, loss of livelihoods, loss of shelter, displacement and fear — especially in Africa. He … enough urgency in addressing these questions when villages are already being washed away by flooding and climate change," he said. "Islands and communities are being threatened by …
Climate activists find their voices at COP27
… feed itself," he told CNS. Nigerian Catholic activist Lucky Abeng talked about the devastating floods in his country that killed more than 600 people in October alone and displaced more than a …
What is loss and damage?
… like the losses of culture and heritage, not to mention the loss of lives when wildfires, floods , droughts and storms wreak havoc upon a region. Burial grounds or religious sites that …
Nonviolent discipleship
… of Tours … 2 John 4-9 ; Luke 17:26-37 In today’s Gospel, Jesus uses the image of the great flood to emphasize the decisiveness required of every disciple. Change can happen suddenly, and …
Catholic groups worry world leaders all talk, no action on climate at COP27
… 196 countries, 45,000 people and 120 world leaders will attend — reflected on devastating floods, unprecedented heat waves, severe droughts and formidable storms, all unequivocal signs of …
Archbishop says Nigeria must promote policies to limit damage from floods
… News Service … Nigeria's bishops urged the federal government to come up with a plan to fight flooding that affects Nigerians each year. In a Nov. 1 pastoral letter, the president of the … to another period of lamentation. We are not proactive as a nation in facing the challenges of flood disaster," he said. "Hence our fire-brigade approaches to issues that should normally … a pastoral letter to the faithful of his diocese, saying he was in solidarity with them after floods destroyed their homes and livelihoods . Archbishop Ugorji said this year's extensive …
Nigerians call out government failures as Catholic nonprofits aid flood victims
… Valentine Benjamin … One early morning in September, a flood surge gushed into Endurance Kiki's home in Kpakiama in southern Nigeria. More than a foot … government officials have visited them, and "we feel that we have been abandoned since the floods evicted us from our home." "My children and I have been taking shelter in the open [sky] … started back in 2012 when 30 out of Nigeria's 36 states were submerged by devastating flooding. "We started partnering with CRS in 2012 during the national flood disaster that killed …
Theological reflection on gender doesn't compete with Vatican II
… and of respecting differences. Third, let us hypothetically assume Winters is correct that a flood of nonbinary scholarship exists in Catholic theology departments, and that young scholars …
10 years after Sandy, coastal areas are still precarious — and even more populated
… nature along the water is not always so placid. He lives with the tides and the danger of flooding. He will, on occasion, move his furniture upstairs. When heavy rains and high tides … decade since, despite frequent complaints about the sometimes slow-arriving FEMA and private flood insurance assistance, the area is more protected . Houses were raised and sand pumped onto …