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As record heat scorches the globe, climate advocates urge Catholics to take action
… that small, individual efforts — carpooling, recycling, water conservation, limiting use of plastics, promoting energy efficiency with adjusted thermostats — are important, discussion is at …
Pope visits summer camp for kids of Vatican employees
… The pope received a color drawing of himself with dozens of the kids' signatures, two handmade plastic bracelets and a large paper medallion held by a blue ribbon which he promptly pulled over …
My Latina heritage has given me a spirituality of the feminine
… couch in our living room surrounded by her grandchildren with the TV blaring and a bright blue plastic rosary slowly moving through her fingers. Even now, her prayers quietly pulse through the …
Pope: No one can be indifferent to 'silent massacres' of migrant
… in addition to their work -- and remove from the ocean the garbage that we throw into it, the plastic." "I would also like to gratefully remember all who work for Mediterranea Saving Humans …
Irish bishops ask parishes to conserve 30% of property for pollinators, biodiversity
… things to look at, and there was less stress." The Jesuits have since built a polytunnel, a plastic-covered structure similar to a greenhouse, as "an outdoor classroom" for the …
Chicago's downtrodden, magnificent Our Lady of the Underpass still inspires
… a head was visible. Approximately where Guadalupe's hands would be clasped, someone had placed plastic flowers and a small booklet with an infant dressed in baptismal white on the cover above …
Pope: Quick change of course necessary to beat climate change
… efforts at the Vatican where the tiny city-state is trying to eliminate the sale of single-use plastic items on its territory. "These are steps, real steps that we have to continue," the pope …
Vexing vexillology: Even the Vatican gets its flag wrong
… for the provision, set up and maintenance of Vatican furnishings, covering everything from the plastic chairs put out for papal audiences in St. Peter's Square to the art on Vatican office …
Despite new EPA rule to reduce pollution, Catholic activist says fight to protect communities far from over
… That proliferation in St. James and neighboring parishes — of more than 150 oil refineries, plastics plants and chemical facilities, 32 of which are in St. James — earned it the "Cancer … Rise St. James has successfully advocated to defeat siting of a $1.25 billion Chinese-owned plastics plant, and the $2.2 billion development of land owned by South Louisiana Methanol. The latest clash is with Formosa Plastics' proposed $9.4 billion chemical plant, which in 2022 had its air permits canceled. …
Used clothing imports to Africa strain local ecosystems, waste management
… at the same time, secondhand clothing imports are contributing significantly to problems of plastic waste and waste management across the continent. A new report published in February — " … or even 'China' " said Joyce Gwokyalya, a Uganda-based environmental activist with End Plastics Now. She described the practice of secondhand clothing dumping in Africa by Western …