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African churches work to counter pressures on Congo River basin
… "We deplore the pollution by extractive companies, but also by household waste, especially plastics." Musabate said changes in the daily lives of people in the basin raise questions as …
A child's prayer and John the Baptist
… the night. He wanted a snack before bed and I wanted him in bed, so I put some Cheerios in a plastic bowl and tucked them in together, a boy and his snack. I started the bedtime prayers, …
Notre Dame is more than a tourist attraction, says Paris archbishop
… removed, with the remaining window frames propped up by wooden beams and covered with clear plastic. Notre Dame’s roof has been sealed with plastic sheeting laid down from the outside. The KTO broadcast also gave Aupetit a platform to …
Habemus papam to me! Tiara in place, I'll have a busy daylong reign
… brother and I were playing in the land of make-believe. Therefore, it was not a literal cheap plastic princess tiara that she had placed on my head. No, for me, it was an old-fashioned …
Laudato Si' Generation rallies Catholic youth for climate strikes
… and its ecosystems, she said. When she ties that to scientific data around climate change or plastic pollution in oceans, "they put two and two together." Ramsahai said students have … and seeking new ways to make a popular frozen juice drink that doesn’t involve a disposable plastic bag. So far, Ramsahai has helped set up a Laudato Si' Generation chapter in St. Lucia and …
Dioceses in major maritime areas pledge fossil fuel divestment
… develop guidelines for the new sulfur fuel standard. It will also explore ways to limit marine plastic litter. It is estimated 150 million metric tons of plastic are circulating in the planet's oceans and waters, with 8 million metric tons entering …
God is free to act against our expectations
… her summer sandals as she walks into the Easter liturgy. And it was certainly no stranger than plastic snowmen in Miami. In Port Au Prince or Miami, Santa would be shedding his woolen coat as …
Do no harm: Catholic hospitals confront their own carbon footprints
… vehicles, replaced fluorescent lamps with LED versions in all its hospitals and eliminated plastic straws and drink stirrers from all its facilities. Providence St. Joseph, also part of …
New York City brownstone is home to 15 millennial Catholics
… pot of pasta smothered in vodka sauce, a bowl of sausage, mixed greens and a half-empty plastic bottle of raspberry vinaigrette. It's a warm evening, so some of the diners suggested a …
Radical openness before God
… riches. So far, Walmart hasn't figured out a way to fill the aisles with Lenten merchandise. A plastic Minion figurine peering out of his oversized glasses while holding a plastic image of the crucified Christ doesn't offer many marketing or spin-off possibilities. "O …
Where science warnings fail, can moral force push us out of climate inertia?
… of their four priorities for the next decade. An Indian archbishop urged Catholics to ditch plastic bags . A Laudato Si' Observatory was established in Costa Rica. The bishops of coal-rich …
Community ID program builds trust between migrants and police
… inclusive and united community for all," Fraccaro said. "It's amazing what a little piece of plastic can do if the community is willing to come together to build it across lines of culture, …
Let us feed the hungry
… are always and only for sale: Oil, spaghetti, rice, beans, chicken bouillon, onions, soap, plastic barrettes and candy. She says local remedies and plastic bags of powdered amoxicillin are also available at a price. Their neighbor, Madame …
Pope: Imitate God by being merciful to others
… always begins through a conversation, a comment about someone else: 'But look, that person had plastic surgery! They're uglier than before,' " he explained. Finally, Jesus also calls on …
There's this thing about Lent
… corker: At the end of Mass, the celebrant then presented the child with a rattle of colored plastic keys — as "keys to the kingdom." How cute. It grieved me deeply for those parents, well …
Fasting from food, feeding on the Bible during Lent
… penance, it would help the planet. Likewise, many churches are encouraging members to give up plastic for Lent. Fasting is only one way to observe this ancient tradition. You can also choose …
Indonesian archbishop urges Catholics to ditch use of plastic bags
… Bay, Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo has joined a chorus of disapproval of the nation's growing plastic waste problem by calling parishioners to action. Ucanews.com reported that, through a … all parishes nationwide Jan. 5-6, the prelate appealed to all Catholics to reduce their use of plastic and plastic bags due to their harmful impact on the environment. The news comes as other … spat out five plastic bags in a last-gasp effort to avoid suffocating, Reuters reported. Plastics are broken down into small particles that can make their way into drinking water, …
Effort removes thousands of landmines from site of Jesus' baptism
… baptismal site on the banks of the Jordan River in mid-December. Twenty feet away, a rope with plastic buoys marks the border with Jordan, and a Jordanian soldier waits, looking bored, on the …
Egypt's Coptic Christians celebrate Christmas, ponder changing date
… the beautiful lights and adornments of Christmas trees helped us," al-Qumos said. Still, as plastic trees imported from China have become ubiquitous in the rural Coptic heartland, shifting … with the West is wrong." But 31-year-old truck driver Malam Allam, who hauls the boxes of plastic trees 40 miles from the provincial trading center of Sohag to El Kosheh, said the date …
O Come Emmanuel: Free us prisoners
… Julia Walsh … Sitting next to me in another hard, plastic chair is a good-hearted man wearing brightly colored scrubs — colors that label him as … expansion of global consciousness. This time, the main course seems to be the horror of the plastics in the ocean . I feel sick as I learn how remote beaches are littered with garbage that …