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Faith

Surviving 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami 'profoundly transformative,' deacon says

Looking back, Deacon Ned Berghausen said he realizes God was present even in that time of great suffering. He reflects often, he said, on the date of the tsunami — the feast of St. Stephen, who was the first martyr and one of the first deacons of the early church.

Debris is seen Sept. 29, 2024, where homes were destroyed after Hurricane Helene passed through the Florida Panhandle, severely impacting the community of Keaton Beach. (OSV News photo/Octavio Jones, Reuters)
Science

Catholic relief groups active during 2024's many weather-related disasters

Cows graze under wind turbines in the early morning outside Albuquerque, N.M., April 28, 2023. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
Politics

How to take climate change out of the culture wars

Sister Emma, left, and Sister Agnes, right, are pictured with a family from the Ranikhong Parish who received a tube well from the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Bangladesh. (Sumon Corraya)
Justice

Nuns provide hundreds of tube wells for safe drinking water in Bangladesh

The Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Bangladesh, and the local Catholic Church are making a difference by addressing the persistent challenge of access to safe drinking water.

Mary Beth Keenan's daughter touches daffodils in their yard. (Courtesy of Mary Beth Keenan)

Faith and a forest preschool help our family care for creation

After "Bluey," the Holy Spirit and Google led this mom to enroll her 3-year-old in a forest school, her whole family learned more about caring for creation and cultivating community — with human and nonhuman friends.

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Feature Series

Contemplation With Creation

This summer blog series by Christina Leaño aims to be an exploration of the how and why of contemplation, especially in relation to creation. How can contemplation be a way of deepening our relationship with God and creation? How do you contemplate?
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COP28 Dubai

Pope Francis will attend the United Nations' COP28 climate change conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, becoming the first pontiff to ever address such a high-level summit. COP28 runs Nov. 30-Dec. 12. (OSV News/cop28.com)
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Reducing waste

Catholic parishes and communities are taking steps to reduce waste and change lifestyles.
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A temple constructed by the Indigenous Toda tribe in the Nilgiris Hills of southern India, on Aug. 31, 2023. This temple is located in the heart of a sacred grassland and Toda settlement known as Muttunad Mund near Kotagiri, India. (AP Photo/Deepa Bharath)

What are sacred forests?

Sacred forests and groves are primeval woodlands that different faith communities around the world have safeguarded for centuries as abodes of the spiritual or the divine.

Pope Francis writing on a large, round, white item on a desk.

Why is the Catholic Church participating in a UN climate summit?

Brian Roewe
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What is loss and damage?

Brian Roewe
São Paulo Zoo, Brazil (Wikimedia Commons/Mike Peel, www.mikepeel.net)

Why is Francis of Assisi the patron saint of ecology?

Brian Roewe

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