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Haiti's first cardinal: 'Great strides have been made in the country'
… needs. He said there are resources that Haiti could be using for its own use, including solar and wind power. Langlois said Haitians "have a right to be worried about climate change" …
Monterey, Calif., diocese enters 'new era' with sustainable energy program
… energy in their church infrastructure. Part of that includes exploration of installing rooftop solar arrays where possible. A first step in the new project came July 17 at Resurrection Church … Forming a CCE would cut fossil fuel reliance in half within a year through expanded use of solar and wind energy, with those sources providing as much as 85 percent of electricity … electricity sold would return to the community through lower energy bills or construction of solar fields and wind farms -- and with them, local jobs. Garcia noted that Sonoma County, a …
'Birth of a Nation' gives much to discuss
… Nat's impassioned sermons. Nat hears God speaking to him and sees dark wonders in the sky (two solar eclipses) that he takes as confirmation of his plans. While his grandmother's death gives …
Candidates, party platforms differ on need for climate change action
… He has expressed skepticism about the future of alternatives to fossil fuels such as solar and wind energy. The GOP nominee told a crowd of oil and gas executives meeting in …
Seminary professor studies churches impacted by Katrina
… video tells the story. In sunny southern California, a parish from the San Diego diocese goes solar. [Peter Feuerherd is a correspondent for NCR's Field Hospital series on parish life and a …
Francis meets Facebook founder: friendly, if not yet 'friends'
… meeting with the pope, Zuckerberg also posted a photo of himself showing Francis a model of a solar-powered aircraft, named Aquila, "that will beam internet connectivity to places that don't …
Progressives embrace religious liberty for their own causes
… their campaigns for social change. They’re pressing ahead, for instance, with plans to install solar panels over a local board’s objections in Massachusetts and to establish tent cities for … allegedly violating its religious rights when the board denied a permit application to install solar panels atop the 1817 meetinghouse. “The HDC erred when it refused to consider First …
Editorial: Let next synod be about peacemaking
… women off the streets and into new lives. Besides baking and catering, Homeboys are installing solar panels. Eleven years ago, Sr. Dorothy Stang was murdered on the side of an unpaved road on …
The scariest issue rarely mentioned in the campaign
… but there are ways to propose new job possibilities by building new plants to manufacture solar panels and/or windmills in places like West Virginia and Kentucky. I know that "solar" is a booming business right now, having recently installed solar panels on the roof of my house! And of course, Donald Trump does not even believe in …
Archbishop Chaput's regrettable column
… The median U.S. income is about $56,000. Neither major candidate lives anywhere near the solar system where most Americans live, work and raise families. Nonetheless, we're asked to …