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Parish roundup: Hurricane preparedness; parishioners aid volcano victims
… in their neighborhood," reports the Hawaii Catholic Herald via NCR . And, despite having been flooded in April, the Catholic mission church of St. William on the Island of Kauai has become a relief center . The Kauai flooding, six islands and 350 miles from the area of current volcanic activity, is unrelated to …
Editorial: Nations could stop Yemen's deadly crisis -- but won't
… the border of Myanmar and Bangladesh; Syria's ceaseless, senseless war; and South Sudanese flooding into East African neighbors and looking toward Europe. Guterres made a pretty good case. …
You may be more elite than you think
… tyrant like Trump almost inevitable. Stewart neatly captures the culture expanse that this flood of economic well-being covers: The sociological data are not remotely ambiguous on any …
Jesuit ponders a dislocated God for the dislocated believer
… bourgeois sentimentality and moral posturing of the post-Enlightenment era, right down to the floods of present-day nones who confess to no religious affiliation at all, faith has become less …
Volcano's lava flow displaces members of one Hawaii parish
… direct housing assistance for the victims of both the Kilauea eruption and April's historic flooding on Kauai. Donations will go toward temporary housing subsidies, emergency home repairs …
'Catholics Are Still In' campaign recommits support for Paris climate pact
… predict the effects of climate change, among them increased droughts, wildfires, intense flooding and extreme weather events, will become most extreme and likely irreversible. A study …
Trump administration will terminate temporary status of Nepali immigrants
… destabilize those areas. The CLNIC report also noted that other natural disasters, such as floods and landslides, have further impeded recovery and that the Global Report on Internal …
Water unites us, so make it available to all
… powers. In Genesis, water is both the source of life-giving creation and the chaos of the flood. In Exodus, water becomes a weapon against the oppressive Egyptians. Physical thirst is a …
Environmental vulnerabilities are linked to every other problem in Haiti
… threats that encompass not only the worries about polluted waters, but also of coastal flooding from hurricanes. Gray clouds emanating from Hurricane Maria looked threatening, and residents like Farah Jasmin said there is little they can do when floods threaten except evacuate elsewhere and wait it out. "From September through December, … not carry their weight in emergency and subsequent reconstruction efforts. His residence was flooded during the hurricane and he lost everything — computer, food, clothing — and noted there …
Deep incarnation liberates all creation
… even in the face of increasing numbers of massive fires, extreme weather events, droughts and flooded cities, Creation and the Cross is a book we all need to read, and we need to read it …
Bishops' lobbying for health care worker conscience protection stymied
… of the Committee for Religious Liberty. In a joint statement March 6, they urged Catholics to flood Congress with emails and calls asking for enactment of the measure and "to pray for this …