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Paying for Harvey and Irma
… a much bigger bill for infrastructure and housing repair and protection from future storms and floods. If Congress wants to offset these costs, I say turn to the Pentagon. And I haven't even …
Climate change is real: We must act
… I watched Hurricane Harvey wreak incredible damage in Houston. And then there have devastating floods in South Asia that have caused people to flee their homes in droves. Add to that …
Irma weakens as it heads north, but leaves path of destruction
… in Florida after ripping through southern portions of the state and the Caribbean islands, flooding cities, knocking out power to millions, destroying homes and businesses and killing more … eastern Caribbean, snapped construction cranes in downtown Miami, and brought unprecedented flooding on Cuba's north coast. "The hurricane has caused serious damage in the towns, villages …
After Hurricane Harvey, rebuilding a more secure, self-regulating future
… Donna Schaper … Recent news of devastating flooding in India, Nepal and Bangladesh, the latter where one-third of the country is under water … is a lot better than sending checks that will go to rebuild refineries and vulnerable homes in flood plains. We could tax ourselves as people whose basements may still be dry but who see the …
Human costs of Harvey may stretch for decades
… … Like most NCR readers, I have been watching with horror and sadness the torrential rains and flooding brought to Texas by Hurricane Harvey. I've grieved for the loss of life, and I've … a small boat, or how I would react walking into the first floor of a house after it had been flooded with 1 or 2 feet of water. I've seen the faces of families devastated by the damage, now … to deal with flooding in their homes, but pollution in water that's contaminated when water floods refineries and plants." He called it "a perfect storm of pollution, environmental racism, …
Links for 08/31/17
… the question that is most obvious: How is it that Houston has experienced its third “500-year” flood in three years? And Shawn Boburg and Beth Reinhard examine how, when it comes to urban … the lack of regulations in Texas may turn horrible weather events into catastrophic ones. Floods bring many things to the surface, and hypocrisy and forgiveness are among them. The …
Morning Briefing
… Vatican correspondent Joshua J. McElwee. Not that we're complaining. ... If you think the flooding in Houston is bad, check out these pictures of extreme flooding in Nepal, India and Bangladesh . Warning: One features the body of a dead child whose …
Catholic groups are mobilizing to help in Hurricane Harvey's aftermath
… hit the Gulf Coast in a catastrophic and devastating way this weekend, bringing with it severe flooding and high winds which have taken human life, caused countless injuries, and severely … days, said the National Hurricane Center. "We have to remember ... the families affected by flood damage in the next few days in other parts of the state will be in need of relief," said … the country's fourth largest city with 6.6 million residents, many struggled seeking safety in flooded residential streets, which are expected to get up to 50 inches of rainfall by the time …
Vatican confirms pope's visit to Myanmar, Bangladesh in late November
… them, that they may be given full rights." The pope also prayed for the victims of monsoon floods in Nepal, India and Bangladesh. The devastating floods have claimed the lives of over 1,200 people and displaced millions, the Arabic news …
For 20 million people, conflict added to drought means no food to eat
… because of active conflict," he said. Other places are unreachable for many months because of flooding. People often walk four or five miles to food distribution points in South Sudan, he …
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
… still, silent moments. Many people are quick to interpret natural disasters like hurricanes, floods, fires and droughts as messages from God, usually condemning whatever behavior the …
Morning Briefing
… the group should have received from a wealthy widow. … Book review: Sweeping claims flood Chaput's 'Strange Land' … Global Sisters Report: Do all dogs go to heaven? (Including a …
Sweeping claims flood Chaput's 'Strange Land'
Strangers book cover cc.jpg, STRANGERS IN A STRANGE LAND: LIVING THE CATHOLIC FAITH IN a POST-CHRISTIAN WORLD, By Charles J. Chaput Published by Henry Holt and Co., 288 pages, $26 Archbishop Charles Chaput's new book, Strangers in a Strange Land: Living the Catholic Faith in a Post-Christian World , is strange indeed. Strange in its almost relentlessly pessimistic view of America today. Strange in its sweeping claims. And, perhaps strangest of all, the book leaves the reader wondering why a bishop would…
Houses of worship do some soul-searching as their neighborhoods change
… does he want to know how much they’re willing to pay. His church has survived tornadoes and floods as well as neighborhood crime and redevelopment. It’s not leaving, Tipton said. “I don’t …
Investigation into Regensburg choir finds more than 500 boys were abused
… orders and bishops' conferences in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands were faced with a flood new allegations of the sexual abuse of children, mainly at Catholic schools. The boys' …
Morning Briefing
… Putin at G-20 summit … The Field Hospital: … Parish roundup: mental health, Lumen Christi, flood recovery … Callista Gingrich, nominee for U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, testifies at …
Parish roundup: mental health, Lumen Christi, flood recovery
… the country who cycle through the area, helping residents recover from last year's devastating flooding . Divine Word Fr. Quy Ngoc Dang, parish administrator, recently described the past …
New Orleans' Confederate monuments are coming down under Mayor Landrieu
… you've become!" For weeks, as some social media outlets burned against Landrieu, obscene calls flooded the mayor's receptionist in City Hall. He had critics on the left, too. Malcolm Suber, a … earning a 10-year sentence in a federal penitentiary. Landrieu guided a vast rebuilding of the flood-battered infrastructure, won a second term by a landslide and began looking toward 2018, …
Fred Rotondaro had a knack for friendship across DC divides
… of the Papal States, that his great-great-great-grandpapa couldn't get the marsh that kept flooding his pasture cleared. Where our Catholicism converged was where our faith met politics …
Bishops, Catholic groups worry about consequences of partial travel ban
… have a sufficient connection to a person or entity in this country." It also may "invite a flood of litigation until this case is finally resolved," he said. The U.S. Supreme Court's …