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Laudato Si' Commission calls Jesuit higher education to climate action
… 2050. Net-zero requires eliminating direct emissions by 90% before looking to offsets like tree planting. UAP 4 impacts the "hope-filled future" of UAP 3. Jesuit Fr. Daniel Hendrickson, …
In the midst of Olympic craze in Paris, Notre Dame guide's advice is: Watch the beauty of the cathedral
… and fruit carved into the stone. The French style was to depict them realistically. Oaks, fig trees, vines, maple trees, bindweed ... everything is highly recognizable," Ousset pointed out. "Notre Dame de Paris …
A parish columbarium offers a quiet place where the soul beholds life
… before the columbarium came, I stood in the snow-filled prayer garden beneath a dormant redbud tree listening to the stillness of the fresh blanket of snow. Perfect quiet. Perfect peace. But …
Netflix reintroduces 'Lost' to a new generation, and the timing couldn't be better
… mysterious things begin to happen. An unseen monster lurks in the jungle, tearing through trees and killing the plane's pilot. They pick up a distress signal in French that has been …
Texas Catholic groups struggle to provide aid after Beryl cuts power to millions
… in his car on his way to work at the Houston Police Department; two others were killed when a tree fell on their homes, and another died in a house fire. According to reports, Hurricane …
Survival story as Hurricane Beryl razes smallest inhabited island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
… pummeled everything along its path, ripping up roofs of schools, crumbling homes and stripping trees of almost every leaf on the 0.46 square miles (1.2 square kilometers) of this island of …
Before Pope Francis invited comedians to Vatican, humor had deep roots in Catholic tradition
… praises and preaching joyfully in the streets. People laughed when he preached to birds in trees , and he once had to politely ask a large flock to stop chirping first. The 16th-century …
This July 4, many Americans still stand 'In the Shadow of Freedom'
… Racial Justice and the Catholic Church and the Rev. James Cone 's The Cross and the Lynching Tree . Harris' effortless weaving of political science and law into the disciplines of Black …
Caritas Bangladesh provides storm shelters to prevent lightning strike deaths
… due to changing weather patterns, more lightning, and deforestation that has cut down tall trees that could absorb the impact of strikes. They believe it is possible to prevent these … were initiated to prevent deaths due to lightning, one of which was the planting of palm trees. The disaster management department was supposed to plant 4 million palm trees under this project, but it failed to achieve this goal. A freelance consultant in disaster …
Awards 2024
… and the actions his example has inspired among Catholics worldwide. Second Place Laudato Trees Planting Program Enlists Catholic Properties to Help Increase DC's Canopy Brian Roewe … collaboration among Washington, D.C. area organizations that have planted tens of thousands of trees. The story expertly provides context on the importance of trees in making urban …
Contemplate creation with breath and body as a path of ecological conversion
… us of how interconnected we are with all beings. The oxygen we breathe comes from the plants, trees and algae whose biological processes recycle carbon dioxide in the air for their own food. …
NCR, Global Sisters Report and EarthBeat win 43 Catholic Media Awards
… D.C., organizations have collaborated in a Laudato Si Program to plant tens of thousands of trees to increase the tree canopy. Nuri Vallbona and Luis Donaldo Gonzalez won first place in the "Solidarity" …
Through connection to their land, Tarahumara runners are among Mexico's most beloved champions
… placed a bet during the Cuiteco race. "Everything around us connects us. The air, the sun, the trees, the plants." Living simply, close to their land, is inherent to the local culture, said …
Creation Walk at Knock Shrine weds faith and science for a prayerful woodland pilgrimage
… 's car park, this wheelchair-friendly, half-kilometer walk winds its way discreetly around a tree-lined and secluded section of the grounds of the shrine and continues through a small area … care. It is a place to fall more deeply in love with our God who caresses us with a leaf, a tree, a bird and a cloud, with a stone and a sunbeam." Grogan lamented the fact that Christian …
Artist's work invites exhibit viewers to 'Come to the Light'
… wish to have the light, we must keep the sun; if we wish to keep our forests we must keep our trees; if we wish to keep our perfumes, we must keep our flowers — and if we wish to keep our …
Under olive tree planted as sign of peace, pope begs God to help Holy Land
… Mahmoud Abbas at the same spot in the Vatican Gardens. In 2014 they had planted an olive tree; now it towered over the pope. "We wish to ask the Lord to give continued growth to the olive tree we planted on that day, which has already become strong and flourishing because it has been … daily strive to live in fraternity." Holding a green watering can, the pope was joined at the tree by: Raphael Schutz, the Israeli ambassador to the Holy See; Issa Kassissieh, Palestinian …
The unsafe world of Lois Lowry, 30 years after 'The Giver'
… are more relevant than ever. This spring, Lowry released a new young adult novel entitled Tree. Table. Book. , which revolves around another enduring, controversial topic: the lingering …
'How did we miss this for so long?': The link between extreme heat and preterm birth
… greatest impact on communities of color that lived in neighborhoods with more concrete than trees. That finding points to the reasons behind the racial gap in preterm births linked to heat … spaces to exercise, and a buffer against air pollution. "Sacramento is called 'the city of trees,' but that's for a select few in the predominantly wealthier sections of Sacramento," …
A contemplative pause can be a radical act
… my paddle down and sat cross-legged on my board. A caterpillar floated downward from a nearby tree branch. A cloud of translucent gnats hovered in the sun. Small fish zipped beneath the …
Kenyan bishop urges young Catholics to work 'collaboratively' to protect, care for environment
… including in health care. She gave an example of one sister who initiated the "A-child-A-tree" program at her health facility in Malawi. For every child born at the facility, the mother receives two tree seedlings, one fruit tree and one tree that is typical for the region, to plant and nurture. "As the child grows, so do the trees until the child is able to take care of them. It is a simple, but effective initiative. … …