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Catholics should confront AI's environmental costs
… A single ChatGPT conversation uses about 50 centiliters of water (the equivalent of one plastic water bottle). Though these figures may seem innocuous, as environmentalists know, "water …
A Christian community listens to kids, accompanies the elderly, pope says
… told her small squirming toddler, "Look, look! Did you know that is Jesus' friend?" Brown plastic chairs had been set up for the residents and an upholstered wooden armchair for the pope …
Salt in the womb: How rising seas erode reproductive health
… A water spigot sticks out of the concrete next to the drying laundry, and the turn of a white plastic knob is all it takes for clear, clean water to rush out. Akhter calls it "a blessing of …
In CBS interview, Francis calls climate change 'a road to death,' chastises 'foolish' deniers
… young people today will not get to see so many things? It is a lack of conscience to use a plastic bottle and then throw it to the sea. This makes the sea unhealthy. We have to be …
Catholic-run CORAfrica aims to fill learning gap fueled by poverty in Nigeria
… Ada Okoli, another beneficiary and mother of four, was supported with funding to grow her plastic bag business. Okoli has benefited twice from the program; she says her business has now …
Inspired by Laudato Si', Catholics in Bangladesh work to protect environment
… Youth Day Feb. 17–21, 2023. Participants also to reduce the use of polythene, a type of plastic, and not to litter as efforts to protect nature. "Now I don't throw any garbage on the … and we are still planting trees in our various projects. We have taken programs like the plastic ban," Das told EarthBeat. "Laudato Si' opened our eyes. As our work is with all …
Pittsburgh parish creation care group hosts Earth Day fair
… with fair-trade crafts. A Mexican food truck in the parking lot served tacos — and skipped the plastic forks in favor of bamboo utensils. A teen group from Casa San Jose, a Latino community … do something," she says. An artist, Lorenzo-Rea is intentional about her own use of paper and plastic. She said that we don't have to rely on municipal systems for recycling. "You can reuse plastics yourself," she says. At a table near the doors, Roberta Zolkoski greeted visitors, …
They arrested us. I hope it brings an end to nuclear weapons.
… car next to Paul Freid, one of the seven who had walked up the median to be arrested. A thick plastic panel separated us, but we could hear each other. Glancing at each other, we did not need …
How clean water and faith go hand in hand
… along with basic pregnancy care. The kits contain items to help with a hygienic birth — plastic sheeting, gloves, gauze, alcohol swabs, soap, a razor blade, as well as a baby blanket …
Ave Maria professor: Earth Day needs Catholics' full engagement and hopeful vision
… kind of things that everyone else is doing — they're talking about, this year, reducing use of plastics; how we think about ethical clothes purchasing; that sort of thing," Shephard, who …
In the Philippines, Catholic priests tackle plastic waste brick by brick
… At the seminary for the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in Manila, Philippines, thousands of plastic bottles can be found everywhere. They're beneath trees. They're around gardens. They're … the priests-in-training placed them. Rather than littering the campus, the bottles and other plastics have been repurposed into "ecobricks" that serve as building materials for projects …
In Vietnam province, sisters teach how to adapt to climate change
… and the environmental benefits of planting trees, saving power and water, and reducing use of plastic bags. Nguyet said the costs of their climate change projects are sponsored for three …
A world of plastic: A Chicago pastor's Earth Day message
… very labor intensive. It would have been easier if they had used Styrofoam cups, but Styrofoam plastic cups did not come on the market until 1960. Undoubtedly the widespread use of plastic has … Because plastic does not occur in nature, it does not decompose the way other discards do. Plastics take anywhere from 20 to 500 years to decompose. It is estimated that a disposable …
Guatemala Archdiocese a force behind genocide trial of retired general
… tied everyone's hands, said Velasco, but when they ordered his father to give them his plastic boots, he refused, because he said he had "paid for them." He would not be humiliated by …
Philip Berrigan's revolutionary words live on in new collection
… was captured in police photos, often showing the stark images of spilled blood and the empty plastic baby bottles used to carry the blood. After years of blood and spray paint being …
Jose Aguto to step down as leader of US Catholic climate organization
… to take steps to become more sustainable, such as switching to clean energy, reducing food and plastic waste, incorporating ecological spirituality into liturgy, and more. Aguto joined the …
Catholic leaders and sisters rescue child survivors of sexual violence in Sierra Leone
… Doreen Ajiambo … Eight-year-old Mary Aminata sat on a plastic chair in the shade of a tree outside her parent's house in this southern town of Sierra …
The blessing of rain dampens Holy Week in drought-stricken Spain
… When the drops did start to fall near the end of Saturday's procession in Quesada, a plastic tarp was quickly produced and draped over the crucifix that was being borne on the …
Israelis stage largest protest since war began to increase pressure on Netanyahu
… said more than 100 patients remain with no potable water and septic wounds, while doctors use plastic bags for gloves. Not far from Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, dozens of members of Gaza's …
Sisters help transform lives of disabled children and youth in Nepal
… turns shooting a basketball into the hoop while a group of younger children plays on a blue plastic slide. As the clock strikes 10 a.m., the school bell rings loudly, and the teachers walk …