Weather

Moises Vega gives an interview at the Volcano Museum in Amecameca, Mexico, near the Popocatépetl volcano, Sunday, June 11, 2023.

How a Mexican spiritual leader preserves the sacred knowledge of a volcano known as El Popo

"I respect the (Catholic) religion because we grew up in this place, but the mountain speaks to us in the words of our grandparents, not in the words of the conquerors," said Moisés Vega, a 64-year-old "granicero" who says he can speak the sacred language of volcanoes to ask for good weather and a good crop.

María Teresa Hernández
The Associated Press

Brian Rhodes uses a snow blower to clear his driveway in Stony Brook, N.Y., during a blizzard that swept through parts of the Northeast U.S. Jan. 29, 2022. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Viewpoints

Young Africans engage in local and global climate conversations through Catholic youth network

Francis, the comic strip

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People on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City buy cold water during a heat wave June 30. (CNS/Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)

Justice

Aug 25, 2021

City dwellers swelter in heat islands as high temps hit neighborhoods unequally

The summer of 2021 has seen temperatures soaring in the U.S. — especially in cities, where asphalt and concrete combine to create an "urban heat island" effect that cranks up the heat even more and exposes inequities.

ByBrian Roewe

People make their way by boat past a church along a flooded road in Bulacan, Philippines, Aug. 21, 2013, following heavy monsoon rains. (CNS/Reuters/Erik de Castro)

Faith

May 28, 2021

Historian explores what global weather changes mean for faith communities

Book review: In Climate, Catastrophe, and Faith, Philip Jenkins takes a deep dive into religion and science to explore climate change and religious upheaval, concluding with a haunting prediction.

ByJon Magnuson