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$100 million contract aids Catholic Charities' work
… Catholic News Service July 31. The contract governs disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and earthquakes provided a federal disaster declaration is issued. It calls for the agency …
The peace of Chaco Canyon
… reverie, these thoughts of mine, but it wasn’t destined to last. The all too familiar contrast flooded my mind -- the morally wretched land, not so far off, of Los Alamos. Los Alamos bears …
Conflicted tradition: It's all the rage!
… and three Series appearances in the 1960s with names like Orlando Cepeda, Bob Gibson, and Curt Flood. (It should be duly noted that while the Red Sox Nation said they didn't win a World Series … Hall of Famers during the opening ceremonies. It is a shame that the Cardinals haven't retired Flood's uniform number on their leftfield wall with the other greats, if not for the …
Pharaoh's daughter came down to the river
… of every oppressed people in history, including the American civil rights movement, a flood toward freedom, unstoppable surge, like birth itself once conception has occurred. We are …
In Memory of Karl Malden 1912-2009 R.I.P.
… man that lived by the river. He heard a radio report that the river was going to rush up and flood the town. And that all the residents should evacuate their homes. But the man said, 'I’m … up. A guy in a row boat came along and he shouted, 'Hey, hey you! You in there. The town is flooding. Let me take you to safety.’ But the man shouted back, 'I’m religious. I pray. God loves … hovering overhead. And a guy with a megaphone shouted, 'Hey you, you down there. The town is flooding. Let me drop this ladder and I’ll take you to safety.’ But the man shouted back that he …
Pakistanis, displaced by bombings, endure hardships
… approaches, in July, these problems will get considerably worse. Monsoons bring regional floods and cause escalating rates of malaria and waterborne diseases. The impact, this year, is …
The climate gap: Poor hardest hit by climate change
… Climate change, studies show, will increase extreme weather events such as heat waves, floods, droughts and wildfires. Air pollution will also worsen with the warming temperatures. …
Courage, Mexico, you do not walk alone!
… of Mexican farmers, whose means of earning a living was decimated after the country was flooded by cheap corn from the United States. "NAFTA did not create a level playing field" for …
Journalist explains why he's on the road
… the gathering in Florida I met two women religious from the Southeast, which has experienced a flood of new Catholics from the North and Southwest during the past two decades. The two nuns and …
'Faith groups have role in effort to conserve water'
… water supplies, according to Sister Golas. She said that when big storms hit, like the major flooding that occurred recently in North Dakota, "many people tend to think, 'I don't see the …
We Are All Immigrants: The Soul Demands Kinship
… all seen our brothers walking in the poisoned chemical waters, cleaning up after the bilious flood, our brothers and sisters taking up what others will not touch and will not work at for the …