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US bishops say Pope Francis' encyclical is a call to examine lifestyle choices
… "Each of these regions is facing unprecedented ecological challenges with drought, risk of wildfire, and dangerously poor air quality. We know that it is especially the poorest and most …
Rioting in Cana underlies ethnic, religious tensions in Holy Land
… holy site. A failed attempt Oct. 29 to assassinate Glick was the spark that ignited the latest wildfire of Palestinian Muslim protest. Authorities closed the area to the public, and …
+Cupich to Chicago: What Does This Mean?
… pope’s teaching, wrestling in a good way, trying to get to the root of it. This summer, when wildfires destroyed the homes of many migrant workers in Washington state, +Cupich was there to …
California wildfire destroys parish church
… Monica Clark … A fast-moving wildfire destroyed Holy Family Catholic Church in the far northern California city of Weed on … community. At least a quarter of the town, including the homes of four firefighters, burned. Wildfires fueled by hot, dry weather have raged in the state for more than a month. California …
Senate bill supports migrant children and Israeli defenses
… Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., told Politico . “Bringing the Iron Dome funding as well as wildfires into it can broaden the support,” Durbin said. The bill also includes $615 million for U.S. Forest Service to cover shortfalls in funding to fight wildfires. …
Morning Briefing
… archdiocese's bankruptcy reorganization plan. … This Is How Much America Spends Putting Out Wildfires … -- As the West burns, the way the feds fight wildfires doesn't jibe with the reality of climate change. World Cup and the Church of England -- …
We all engage in collateral damage to the earth
… of plants and animals vanishing -- all of it amid sustained droughts, heavy rains, heat waves, wildfire, floods and decreasing crop yields. One report after another, in true multifariousness, …
Turnout for Oregon breakaway church's opening weekend exceeds expectations
… Dan Morris-Young … Despite wildfires that forced the evacuation of at least 250 Bend, Ore., homes, despite five Bend-area …
Editorial: Climate change is church's No. 1 pro-life issue
… changes, in turn, will increasingly threaten humans "through more extreme weather events and wildfire, decreased air quality, and diseases transmitted by insects, food, and water." In an …
Scholars explore Catholic path to fossil fuel divestment
… NCR print edition, April 12-25, 2013), finding more frequent and intense droughts, floods and wildfires (all with rising health and economic costs), and that carbon dioxide -- primarily from …
Conservatives squawk over pope's tweet on inequality
… book on the income divide, Capital in the 21st Century , and whoosh, instant social media wildfire. "Seriously, though, what was up with that tweet by @Pontifex? Has he traded the …