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Catholic Charities' agencies continue to help Florida's hurricane victims
… scary," she said. "I heard crazy sounds. You hear every single shingle come off; every single tree come down. Sounds like a bunch of people running on your roof. But no, it's because …
10 years after Sandy, coastal areas are still precarious — and even more populated
… land to keep the adjacent East River at bay. Yet to do that, the city has cut down scores of trees that previously provided oxygen and cooling for the urban area. For Lorence, it is discouraging to see the bare stumps of trees that are valuable in cooling Red Hook, a neighborhood set away in a public transit desert, …
Why I declined to join my diocesan sex abuse review board
… or its priests in sex-assault cases." To be sure, a few bad apples doesn't mean the whole tree is rotten. The Catholic Church in the U.S. includes almost 200 dioceses and archdioceses . …
Signs of the times
… follows summer; the sun moves to the southern sky as the earth tilts; temperatures drop, trees shed their leaves and fields lie fallow; the skies offer portents of winter’s arrival; we …
How St. Louis churches are revealing the disparities in the air we breathe
… other industrial facilities that burn metals or chemicals producing pollutants in the air . Trees were few and far between. The apartments in which she lived were plagued with black mold; … environment in north St. Louis and south in St. Louis is unmistakable," Green says. "There are trees, green spaces, businesses, and communities who want to be outside in south St. Louis." When …
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is 'monument of humanity,' says architect
… the roof framework and spire. ... They are incredibly tall, straight and frankly perfect." New trees will be planted to grow in their place, continuing the life cycle of forests, he said. In …
New Jersey diocese turns to renewable energy in response to encyclical
… dumped into landfills and will be the equivalent of the carbon sequestered by nearly 7,500 tree seedlings grown for 10 years. Special equipment allows for optimizing the power output for …
Hurricane Ian is affecting jobs, housing for many in Florida, not just coastal area
… leaks. To check on parishioners and their welfare, the church used its ministries' phone trees to contact them. "We more or less know about everyone through that," Pacheco said, adding …
More than two dozen reported dead after Julia lashes Central America
… bridges washed away by Julia as authorities scrambled to look for people trapped under fallen trees and structures. Five soldiers in El Salvador, who had been monitoring a community for …
Tribes ask US Supreme Court to hear case over destruction of sacred land in Oregon
… said. The sacred site at issue is known as Ana Kwna Nchi Nchi Patat (the “Place of Big Big Trees”), an acre of land — formerly on tribal grounds — that consisted of a burial ground, campground, old-growth trees and an ancient stone altar, according to the petition. The turn lane was built atop this …
Ojibwe author writes about Indigenous peoples, Christians 'Becoming Kin'
… which we have relationship with not only other humans but other beings — the Bible talks about trees clapping their hands with joy and the stars singing. Those are not metaphors. They're …