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Teaching fish farming in Zimbabwe produces food, income, enthusiasm
… infrastructure transformation and intermittent periods of drought. Natural disasters, such as flooding, cyclones and rising temperatures, have caused many problems, including homelessness. …
'Orthodoxy is spacious': At retreat, synod members hear about women's hopes, LGBTQ issues
… future looks grim. Ecological catastrophe threatens the destruction of our home. Wildfires and floods have devoured the world this summer. Small islands begin to disappear under the sea. …
Catholic action on climate issue must continue, advocates say
… forget that in the Metro New York area, over 40 people died , many of them trapped in their flooded basement apartments, when Hurricane Ida passed through here two years ago; and that (this … of the ways he said "developing countries disproportionately face more severe heat waves, floods and droughts." Bajada cited Pakistan as an example of a country whose "carbon emissions … 1% of the world's" but is "ranked among the 10 most vulnerable countries to climate change." Flooding in the last year in Pakistan , he noted, affected "more than 33 million people … and an …
New American Climate Corps aims to boost clean energy, jobs for young people
… to move forward with their own climate corps programs. Just days earlier, 75,000 activists flooded the streets of New York City in a march demanding an end to fossil fuels , while the …
Catholic groups underscore urgency of United Nations 'Climate Ambition Summit'
… Kimberley Heatherington … OSV News … Three days after more than 75,000 activists flooded the streets of New York City in a march demanding an end to fossil fuels, the United … leaders, "Humanity has opened the gates to hell." Recounting crops swept away in torrential floods, diseases unleashed by rising temperatures, and wildfires that destroyed towns and cities, …
Catholic groups join sea of protesters in New York march against fossil fuels
… in the U.S., Europe and Middle East; ravaging wildfires in Canada and Maui; and devastating flooding in China, Brazil and Libya. Prior to the march — and following morning Mass at St. Paul … Henkel set up an Instagram page for his journey — " Pedal for the Planet " — which was flooded with messages from well-wishers. "I just wanted to do a zero-pollution bike trip," said …
Spirituality in our 90s: Beholding life evolving in each other and our world
… the foot of my bed, or place it in a wicker basket as a decorative piece. It doesn't matter. A flood of memories pours through me. This now-fading piece of knitting was done by someone who had …
'We're keeping all in God's mercy,' says bishop as despair mounts amid flooding in Libya
… … OSV News … As authorities in Libya announced a three-day mourning period following a deadly flood disaster, a Catholic bishop in the North African country expressed the church's closeness … Storm Daniel, including catastrophic rainfall in a short time, triggered the heavy flooding in eastern parts of the country. As the storm pounded the coast Sept. 10, residents said … the disaster as a consequence of the global climate crisis, which continues to trigger storms, floods, droughts, famine and heat waves, among other disasters. But a long running armed conflict …
Pope sends prayers after flooding kills thousands in Libya
… Francis was deeply saddened to learn of the immense loss of life and destruction caused by the flooding in the eastern part of Libya, and he sends the assurance of his prayers for the souls of …
After the Vermont floods: An Indigenous creation story shows a way forward
… Damian Costello … Randy Kritkausky … Vermont survived the July 2023 flooding. Now we need to tell a new creation story. In the aftermath of the flooding from a storm … as 9 inches of rain in 48 hours, our community has been inundated with a different kind of flood. Coverage of the event in major national media has been proclaiming that Vermont, the land … in harmony with the beings that give us life. Turtle Island's message is what the Vermont floods now call us to embrace: to make reciprocal kinship with all beings the central, defining …
Louisiana grand jury charges 91-year-old disgraced priest with sexual assault of teenage boy in 1975
… order after the archdiocese sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2020 amid a flood of abuse claims. The records are said to chronicle years of such claims, interviews with … rape charge against George F. Brignac, a longtime deacon and schoolteacher who faced a flood of sex abuse claims. That prosecution also involved a former altar boy who said he was …
Pakistani women still impacted by 2022 floods, says CRS staffer
… Barb Fraze … OSV News … More than a year after floods submerged one-third of Pakistan, "women in particular are (still) being impacted," said … More than 1,700 people died and more than 12,000 were injured. The government estimates the flood caused $14 billion in damages, but that does not include the ongoing costs to families, Khan said. And this year's monsoons and flooding had left more than 200 people dead by the end of July. After the 2022 monsoons, "water …
Is the war in Ukraine a just war?
… In Ukraine, the demolition of the Kakhovka dam was an example of disproportionality, flooding many villages and towns and causing long-term environmental damage. The past fighting …
Nigerian Catholic Church launches campaign to plant 5.5 million trees
… tree-planting exercise. It's an ecosystem-based solution to protecting the environment from flooding and extreme weather conditions. "I feel excited about this exercise and can call myself … Minna Diocese in Niger State. He describes his work as an effort "to protect my community from floods and storms." Heavy rain and rising waters have continued to threaten to sink cities or … for about 47% of all global weather-related disasters. More than 1.47 billion people face flood risk worldwide every year. While countries in Europe, America and Asia have legally …
Revisit Laudato Si' to prepare for Pope Francis' new document on ecology
… climate "signs of the times" yet again, especially following unprecedented heat, wildfires and floods around the globe this summer. Chapter 3 is organized into three parts: "Technology: …