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How clean water and faith go hand in hand
… along with basic pregnancy care. The kits contain items to help with a hygienic birth — plastic sheeting, gloves, gauze, alcohol swabs, soap, a razor blade, as well as a baby blanket …
Ave Maria professor: Earth Day needs Catholics' full engagement and hopeful vision
… kind of things that everyone else is doing — they're talking about, this year, reducing use of plastics; how we think about ethical clothes purchasing; that sort of thing," Shephard, who …
In the Philippines, Catholic priests tackle plastic waste brick by brick
… At the seminary for the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in Manila, Philippines, thousands of plastic bottles can be found everywhere. They're beneath trees. They're around gardens. They're … the priests-in-training placed them. Rather than littering the campus, the bottles and other plastics have been repurposed into "ecobricks" that serve as building materials for projects …
In Vietnam province, sisters teach how to adapt to climate change
… and the environmental benefits of planting trees, saving power and water, and reducing use of plastic bags. Nguyet said the costs of their climate change projects are sponsored for three …
A world of plastic: A Chicago pastor's Earth Day message
… very labor intensive. It would have been easier if they had used Styrofoam cups, but Styrofoam plastic cups did not come on the market until 1960. Undoubtedly the widespread use of plastic has … Because plastic does not occur in nature, it does not decompose the way other discards do. Plastics take anywhere from 20 to 500 years to decompose. It is estimated that a disposable …
Guatemala Archdiocese a force behind genocide trial of retired general
… tied everyone's hands, said Velasco, but when they ordered his father to give them his plastic boots, he refused, because he said he had "paid for them." He would not be humiliated by …
Philip Berrigan's revolutionary words live on in new collection
… was captured in police photos, often showing the stark images of spilled blood and the empty plastic baby bottles used to carry the blood. After years of blood and spray paint being …
Jose Aguto to step down as leader of US Catholic climate organization
… to take steps to become more sustainable, such as switching to clean energy, reducing food and plastic waste, incorporating ecological spirituality into liturgy, and more. Aguto joined the …
Catholic leaders and sisters rescue child survivors of sexual violence in Sierra Leone
… Doreen Ajiambo … Eight-year-old Mary Aminata sat on a plastic chair in the shade of a tree outside her parent's house in this southern town of Sierra …
The blessing of rain dampens Holy Week in drought-stricken Spain
… When the drops did start to fall near the end of Saturday's procession in Quesada, a plastic tarp was quickly produced and draped over the crucifix that was being borne on the …
Israelis stage largest protest since war began to increase pressure on Netanyahu
… said more than 100 patients remain with no potable water and septic wounds, while doctors use plastic bags for gloves. Not far from Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, dozens of members of Gaza's …
Sisters help transform lives of disabled children and youth in Nepal
… turns shooting a basketball into the hoop while a group of younger children plays on a blue plastic slide. As the clock strikes 10 a.m., the school bell rings loudly, and the teachers walk …
Arizona bishop thanks Pope Francis for calling out US impacts on climate change
… matters, such as an upcoming tree planting event, utilizing city services for hard-to-recycle plastics and accessing tools to advocate for environmental legislation. Within the Tucson …
Lithium mines threaten South America's Native cultures, wealth and water
… families hike miles under the beating sun, hopeful their livestock can sip from a small plastic container, fed by a hose running high into the distant mountains. Today is a lucky day. …
A religious procession in Barcelona celebrates rain during a severe drought in northeast Spain
… drought was in 1945. At one point during the procession, the figure was draped in transparent plastic to keep the rain off. …
'You are not alone': In community, young people find antidotes to climate anxiety
… are involved in projects such as building native plant sanctuaries and implementing circular plastic waste programs. "When we feel that we're part of something bigger than ourselves, and …
Did you get your eucharistic revival swag yet?
… pendant in which a little red light blinked from the very center of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Plastic figurines predominate. Images of Mary and the saints adorn paper fans. It is all …
Islamic scholars call Muslim nations to cut fossil fuels, echoing 'Laudato Si' '
… water. Greenhouse gasses from burning fossil fuels building in the atmosphere. Degraded soil, plastic-filled oceans, melting glaciers, bleaching coral reefs, invasive species. "All this …
Q&A with philosopher John Caputo about 'What to Believe?' and radical theology
… deity outside space and time, our ally in the sky who will cure cancer and get the plastic bottles out of the ocean, just so long as we pray hard enough and give up treats for …
In first for US church, San Diego Diocese divests from fossil fuels
… has also encouraged parishes to start creation care teams and is working to reduce single-use plastics throughout the diocese. San Diego is one of at least 20 U.S. dioceses to enroll in the …