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Catholic agencies intervene in Zimbabwe climate change crisis
… change was impacting Zimbabwean communities through "increasingly frequent droughts, floods, and cyclones" with the growing season becoming longer, "which means farmers have to wait …
John the Divine
… In his first letter, John affirms that our encounter with Jesus sends grace — divine nature – flooding into human nature, perfecting its original potential to become one with God, first …
What to do with your Christmas tree after the holidays?
… Christmas trees are used to restore sand dunes, which play an important role as a barrier to flooding and beach erosion. Christmas trees were also used to create sand dunes following 2012's …
Friendship and service
… first scratches. My friend had a few scratches too. We retrieved his cycle from the bank of a flooded field. Close call. When one meets a friend on a village road in Bangladesh, it is …
Africans call for more action on climate at Religions for Peace summit
… is extremely vulnerable to climate change, and is often ravaged by cyclones, droughts and floods. It was during Cyclone Nargis in 2008 that the Catholic church in Myanmar realized the …
Greta Thunberg, a prophet for Advent
… the flowers are wilting, farmland is turning into desert, and we have either little rain or floods. Scientists tell us that oceans are rising. Cities will be inundated. Weather patterns …
Catholic bishops mediate in Zimbabwe doctors' strike crisis
… failed, largely due to extreme weather, from droughts that lasted for months on end, to flooding which wiped out whole villages, added Johnson. The United Nations said Dec, 3 that it …
2020 DuPage Environmental Summit
… resiliency, stewardship of the land in light of climate change, how climate change impacts flooding and DuPage County’s rivers and streams, impacts of climate change on birds and migratory …
Remembering Sallie McFague: Eco-theologian was a gift to our understanding of God
… and I first came across the theology of Sallie McFague. Her death last month evoked a flood of memories related to my first experience with her work. It also reminded me of many hours …
It's too soon to beatify Archbishop Sheen anyway
… was fear that, as New York lifted its statute of limitations on the crime of sexual abuse, a flood of new accusations is pouring forth. The statement from the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, …
Francis challenges UN climate summit to summon 'far-sighted and strong political will'
… as 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) — and with it, avoiding increased heatwaves, flooding and sea-level rise that accompany higher degrees of warming and would threaten hundreds …
I believe in love even when I do not feel it
… piece was introduced. With the opening words, "I believe," the wave crested, and broke, and flooded my soul with its simple creed: I believe in the sun even when it is not shining. I …
Pope: Reverence for life, not profit, must determine use of nuclear power
… 2011, disaster was a domino-effect of events: a powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami that flooded the nuclear power plant, leading to a meltdown. The disasters caused the deaths of more …
Francis' appointment of Jesuits to lead Vatican offices an 'anomaly' in church's history
… he said. "Francis' choice of Jesuits in key positions fits that model, but it's not like he's flooding the field with his Jesuit brothers." Guerrero had been serving at the Jesuit …
Pope arrives in Japan, decades later than he'd hoped
… triple disaster," which occurred in 2011 when a strong earthquake caused a severe tsunami that flooded the Fukushima nuclear power plant, causing a meltdown, hydrogen explosions and the …
On Capitol Hill, Jesuit students deliver 58,000 Catholic signatures in support of Senate climate bill
… and Outreach. "Climate change is already causing major suffering around the world intensifying floods and droughts and impacting food systems. Sea-levels are rising affecting millions today …
I'd be skeptical if I were you
… the collision course between fossil fuels and climate change, global warming, desertification, flooding and the massive immigration that occurs when people live near flood-prone rivers or coastlines, or on dry and sterile and fruitless land? What makes us think …
Irish priest addresses climate crisis in Pakistan
… have become much more unpredictable, and the rainfall is much heavier, very often leading to flooding," O'Callaghan said. "Over the past 10 years, there has been some major flooding in Sindh during the monsoon season." The 2010 floods were the worst in Pakistan's history, leaving almost 2,000 people dead in their wake and …
EarthBeat Weekly: Time for a veggie Thanksgiving
… of local churches in the aftermath of climate disasters , in this case the 2018 Memorial Day flood that devastated the Beechfield neighborhood. See also the three lessons that Jesse …
Crisis
… and whole countries like Bangladesh are going under water as sea levels rise. Venice is flooded. Prolonged drought has led to fires that have ravaged large areas in Spain, Australia and … in order to avoid destruction. In the time of Noah, people ignored his warnings of the coming flood until it was too late. In the days of Lot, the people of Sodom refused to change and …