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Letters to the editor on US bishops' 'preeminent priority' for Catholic voters
… to our population. Thousands die from the effects of high temperatures, extreme rainfall with flooding, crop failures, etc. Our physical environment is becoming untenable for supporting life …
Catholics at COP28 vow to carry ill pope's call for action on climate change
… have said surpassing 1.5 could expose millions more people to dangerous heat waves, droughts, floods and other extreme weather. Average global temperatures have risen 1.1 to 1.2 C since …
Aaron Neville on singing, crashing and St. Jude
… my mother and younger daughter stayed for stretches at my house, among the 20% that didn't flood. Ariel, who died of heart failure in 2008, was a child with Down syndrome, then 15, deeply curious about the city's survival. We drove through flood-battered neighborhoods playing " Believe ," Neville's gospel CD, in the car; the lead cut, … in the dining room bookcase, a song she sang repeatedly that first Carnival season after the flood in early 2006, dancing around the table, swirling plastic beads thrown from the parade …
Kevin Vallier offers a precise, thoughtful analysis of an unhinged movement
… he is stuck with it. Integralists must exercise hard power. Images of the Jan. 6 insurrection flood the mind, only led by the cross and nationwide. It is too horrific to contemplate, and …
Despite challenges, promise of Advent shines bright into our darkness
… for people who have lost loved ones, their homes and all their possessions after the droughts, floods and earthquakes, which are the result of the extreme weather conditions experienced in …
Turkey, our national bird of gratitude, carries the seeds for a new world
… the Trickster, ruined it. He stole the babies of Water Monster, who in response sent a massive flood. The People scattered in panic, trying to gather what they could. They fled to the highest … kinds of seeds: squash, beans, many varieties of corn. She was last because she had risked the flood to gather what the People needed. The People repented and honored Turkey. First Woman …
As floods strike eastern Africa, church leaders hope for concrete COP28 climate actions
… action against climate change, as churches and agencies moved to aid people affected by floods. The flooding — linked to the El Niño phenomenon caused by warming of the ocean surface — has killed … United Nations described as the worst in 40 years. "Things are not good. Many areas are now flooded and families are trying to move to higher grounds. The roads have either been swept away …
Joseph Strickland was my bishop. Here's why he had to go.
… of unity, so nurtured in my journey into the church, was ripped away as my thoughts became flooded with confusion and my mind became divided on who to believe. I was scandalized from then …
What Catholic and environmental officials expect from Pope Francis at COP28
… hope he will highlight the serious impacts that stronger storms and more severe droughts and flooding have on people, including those forced to leave their homes. Poreku, a Missionary Sister …
Religions call on COP28 for climate pledge accountability, rapid shift to clean energy
… and scientists have stated that each degree of warming increases climate-related risks — like floods, droughts, sea rise and extreme storms — that threaten people and ecosystems. "As we …
Don't overinterpret special elections tomorrow
… Republican voters. Beshear also gets high marks for how he has handled some recent disasters : flooding, a tornado and a mass shooting. Both campaigns have the race close with Beshear slightly …
Economic impacts of climate change drive workers in Bangladesh to modern slavery
… areas like Satkhira. Due to its geography and topography, Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to flooding and other climate-related disasters. The country experiences cyclones, floods and salinity into the agricultural lands and water resources. According to climate …
Floods did not dampen the spirit of the Pakistani people
… has fewer than 20 million people. In the summer of 2022, Sindh province was dangerously flooded and the people have not totally recovered. I will never forget that flood of 2022. Before it, our Sindh province — once a desert — had become a fertile plain, thanks … the costs of the seeds, fertilizer and land preparation for the owner's wheat field. When the floods destroyed the entire field, the crop was completely gone, and Ramesh found himself in …
Pew study: US Catholics more motivated by climate news than other Americans
… letter, Laudate Deum , and the new polling come after a summer of climate disasters, including flooding , wildfires and unprecedented heat . Compared to 38% of U.S. adults who said that recent …
Caritas: Voices from climate change migrants can be 'blueprint for change'
… 20 million people per year were displaced by sudden-onset weather events, such as storms, floods, wildfires — that's twice as many as displaced by conflict." "Over 3 billion people live …
The 'long swim' of Denise Levertov's conversion
… moved to Seattle. There her images of God include morning mist, the tower Mt. Rainer, joy, a flood of mercy and silence. In her last poem, "Primary Wonder," she writes, And then once more …
The Black Madonna makes her mark in the least religious state in the US
… up in Waterbury, a town in central Vermont, one of the communities affected by the July 2023 flooding . The Waterbury Area Anti-Racism Coalition sponsored the Waterbury Community Mural …
Pope's climate crisis message in 'Laudate Deum' reverberates in Africa
… and bishops on the continent continue to care for communities battered by droughts, famine, floods and storms. "This is real," Fr. Gerard Matolo, a priest in Nairobi's newly erected Wote … Africa, where devastating floods resulted from the Mediterranean storm Daniel. The storm and flood killed thousands of people, with the initial death toll placed at over 10,000, but later … to nearly 4,000, with almost 9,000 still missing, according to news reports. On Oct. 8, flooding in Cameroon killed 27 people in the country's capital. As COP28 , the U.N. Climate …
Pope Francis takes on climate deniers, 'irresponsible' Americans in new climate letter
… Christopher White … Amid a year of record-breaking rising temperatures, wildfires and flooding and ahead of a major U.N. climate summit this winter, Pope Francis on Oct. 4 released a …
US faith-based climate groups say Pope Francis shows the way with 'Laudate Deum'
… the deadly impacts of climate change all around us. Extreme heat, choking smoke and massive floods inflicted fatal, devastating harm on communities around the country and the world. The …