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Climate change is the most important life issue today
… air to breathe, water to drink, land to farm, plants or animals to eat, or habitats free from flooding, hurricanes, wildfires, tornados, earthquakes or some of the other devastating weather …
Copy Desk Daily, Aug. 23, 2019
… Bangladesh's sisters share Christian values by visiting students, others at home Bangladesh flood victims reel as aid agencies struggle to respond Want to keep updated with the latest news …
Your thoughts on the real presence, part two
… do not believe church teaching about the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. More letters flooded our inbox since, so we bring you part two of responses to the topic. NCR readers are …
Bangladesh flood victims reel as aid agencies struggle to respond
… Catholic News Service … Weeks after devastating floods affected millions and killed more than 100 people in Bangladesh, many families are reeling from a lack of aid as the country suffers an outbreak of waterborne diseases. Monsoon flooding in 28 of the country's 64 districts affected more than 7 million people, left tens of … said the support fell far short of the need. Jamal Khan, 40, a father of three from the flood-affected northern district of Sirajganj, said his family was struggling to get back to …
Copy Desk Daily, Aug. 22, 2019
… copy editors' desks on their way to you. A long-promised, 25-acre stormwater management and flood control project called the Mirabeau Water Garden in New Orleans was made possible through …
Ignatian Solidarity Network educates, inspires young immigration activists
… and people's experiences," she tells the group. "That's the core of why we do this." The flood of anti-immigration policies now coming from the Trump administration, Williams says, …
After 45 years of music, a final concert for the St. Louis Jesuits
… touch life." Nor did the old, wheezy church-organ hymns. And the new folk music that was flooding into churches sounded "like a birthday party for kids. It wore thin." The St. Louis …
Sustainable land use urged to ease growing threats to food, water
… change compounds the stresses placed on land around the world: degradation, soil depletion, flooding and water shortages. The report determined that only by reducing greenhouse gas …
Assumption feast invites people to look to heaven with hope, pope says
… affected by monsoons in South Asia. A week of heavy rains triggered deadly landslides and flooding in India, where, according to government officials, nearly 300 people died and more than …
My first, and very Catholic, act of civil disobedience
… a few hours later, with a court date.) Back outside under the hot Washington sun, I was flooded with a sense of relief at being free to go home to my husband and children — a feeling …