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Gentrification strikes Miami's Little Haiti as beach residents flee rising water
… flow across Collins Avenue as passing cars creep along leaving small wakes. This "sunny day flooding," as it's called, happens frequently now in Miami Beach, as the sea encroaches inland … the neighborhood known as Little Haiti, under the same sunny sky, streets are dry. There's no flooding because it's on the Miami Rock Ridge , a limestone deposit formed about 130,000 years … live fewer than 4 feet above the high-tide line, making them particularly vulnerable to flooding from storm surges. Miami-Dade and Broward counties each have more residents in that risk …
Global climate change is also a spiritual crisis
… many parts of the United States, while in other parts we see " monsoon rains "; and horrible flooding in Germany and Belgium that destroyed communities and killed at least 165 people . What …
German churches pray, provide aid as European flooding death toll climbs
… … German Catholic churches offered spiritual and financial support to survivors of devastating flooding in two regions of the country. At Masses July 18, bishops, priests and parishioners … soldiers had been sent to 20 towns and rural areas in the three states most affected by the flooding. Addressing the crowd in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican July 18, Pope Francis … served as a priest in the region around Ahrweiler, a town that was especially hard-hit by the floods. Meanwhile, the Aachen Diocese has set up a solidarity fund to help children and families. …
Two weeks post-surgery, Pope Francis appears at Vatican window
… Francis cited some somber current events. He expressed closeness to those "hit by catastrophic floods," which claimed at least 180 lives, in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. "May the Lord …
Conference primes US church for bolder responses to Laudato Si', climate change
… change, which many called the biggest issue facing the world. In one exercise, participants flooded the chat box with accounts of the ways in which climate change has impacted their lives, …
EarthBeat Weekly: We need a new relationship with the rest of creation — and with our stuff
… more than 70 active large fires . At the same time, torrential rains have triggered flash floods in the eastern U.S. and in parts of Europe , including Germany, where at least 100 people … News Service. Francis and several German bishops offered prayers for the victims of the flooding in Europe and for the emergency response workers, reports Catholic News Service. In one …
Pope prays for victims of German floods as death toll rises
… Francis offered prayers and expressed his closeness with the people of Germany after severe flooding in the western part of the country claimed the lives of at least 100 people. "His … in Europe, including Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland and Luxembourg, causing massive flooding and mudslides that leveled homes and buildings. In Germany, authorities had confirmed … future. "For, how do you supply a city where there is no water, no bread? Where the hotels are flooded. Cars are strewn across the streets, piled atop each other and destroyed. The situation …
Remembering John McMeel, a leader who promoted independent Catholic journalism
… campaign at a time when I knew every outing was an effort for him. When John died on July 7, a flood of memories came back. Although a generation apart, it was impossible not to feel in John's …
Congolese bishops sharpen focus on protecting Congo Basin
… in Goma following the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo. Part of South Kivu province is also facing floods due to the rising waters of Lake Tanganyika. "We cannot reflect on the challenges of …
Jesuit schools must be environmental justice leaders, dean says
… said it is also a justice issue because of the disproportionate impact of pollution, droughts, flooding and other environmental threats on people who are poor or marginalized, future …
Climate justice, for the first time ever, is on the G7 agenda
… revenue that allows loans to be repaid"; giving poor people money to survive storms and floods does not. Highly vulnerable developing countries demand, Huq added, that half of all …