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Drought ravages Ethiopian communities, driving a rise in hunger
… as they did in April as part of the El Nino weather phenomenon that drove the drought, flash flooding has resulted. The most recent floods left at least 50 people dead and nearly 120,000 displaced. "People in this mountainous, …
Daniel Berrigan, poet, peacemaker, dies at 94
… United States over civil rights and Vietnam elevated the pressure to the breaking point. In a flood of public protests, civil disobedience and arrests, Berrigan became forever a symbol of a …
Sustainable future calls for new way of being
… to migrate inland, away from coastal cities. Building more walls to prevent migration or flooding will only exacerbate our deadly predicament. In my beloved south Louisiana, we know the …
Young nun, postulants among hundreds of Ecuador earthquake victims
… earthquake zone, including in Esmeraldas and Manabi provinces, were inundated with rain and flooding in the days before the disaster, making them prone to potential landslides and …
Faith groups petition Congress to honor Green Climate Fund pledge
… and other infrastructure in Bangladesh to protect more than 130,00 people from coastal flooding. “Addressing the harmful impacts of climate change upon the most vulnerable peoples and …
Growing emergencies fueled by environment, war, say heads of Caritas
… Ottawa, Ontario. "In the Philippines, there's an average of 20 typhoons each year," Roy said. "Floods and droughts increase. This will be the source of important migrations in years to come." … up, I do not recall floods. But now, even a rain that is not heavy can pose a threat of flood. When I was growing up, the typhoon signals reach only level 3. Now it is up to level 5. …
We do have control over our nation's politics
… circumstances, including the way the Citizens United decision by the U.S. Supreme Court has flooded campaigns with money from sources who expect to be repaid. But, in the end, that's just …
Reactions to pope's reflection on family life
… love from liberals who had hoped for a change in practices, not simply in tone. Statements flooded out from both directions. A sampling: Archbishop of Kentucky Joseph Kurtz, president of …
Catholic coalition files amicus brief backing Clean Power Plan
… Katrina, and urban "heat islands" on low-income communities, which are more likely located in flood-prone areas or who are more likely to lack air conditioning. In addition, they noted the …
Mercy is a child named Jaden
… up with his little 5-year-old hands, touched my hair, leaned over and kissed my cheek. I was flooded with a love I never knew, a love that healed my envy, dissolved resentment, answered …
'Jesus is alive forever and draws us into his risen life'
… the power of death. Love burns like a blazing fire. It blazes like a mighty flame. No flood can extinguish love nor rivers submerge it." Love is stronger than death. That's what …
How many Jesuits does it take to change a light bulb?
… which you cannot have a Jesuit residence. This was lit by six small 50-watt incandescent flood lights. Here I made my second mistake. I went online and found 40-watt replacement LED …
Pope Francis denounces modern-day 'Judases' behind terror attacks
… told priests that Jesus had fought not for his own glory but to break down walls "to open the flood gates of mercy … he wants to pour out upon our world." "The mercy of our God is infinite …
Beginning Triduum, Francis tells priests: God is mercy, not 'complicated theology'
… the pontiff said Jesus had fought not for his own glory but to break down walls “to open the flood gates of mercy … that he wants to pour out upon our world.” “The mercy of our God is …
Austrian Cardinal Schonborn addresses Europe's refugee crisis
… crisis in Europe as well Pope Francis' work in his third anniversary of his pontificate. The flood of refugees struggling to flee to Europe from the Near East had been foreseeable, Schönborn …
Three years on, pope leaves Catholic conservatives feeling marginalized
… doctrinal door annoyed many conservatives, who fear Francis' upcoming document may open the flood gates. … Whose church is it anyway? … It is difficult to quantify Catholic conservatives. …
How do you live the Works of Mercy?
… redemption; for a hand to raise you up; for an embrace to save you, forgive you, pick you up, flood you with infinite, patient, indulgent love; to put you back on your feet. We need mercy." … … Global Sisters Report: … Helping Haitians find water and self-sufficiency Food banks flooded with rising needs amid California's drought Sister steps up efforts to send water …
Mercy can overcome even the Islamic State
… The Islamic State crisis is rooted in ideas of God, who God is and what God wants. We need to flood the Middle East with ideas that challenge the Islamic State movement's misreading of the … force those blinded by Wahhabi ideology to rethink their interpretation of Islam. We should flood the Middle East with ambassadors of peace. Get thousands of young American Muslims, Jews … must admit we created this monstrous band. Our disastrous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and our flooding the region with weapons have spawned the terrorists bent on destroying us. Honestly …
Islamophobia is just the latest culture war
… roar in the 19th century with the Know-Nothing Party. The "threat," of course, came from the flood of Catholic immigrants from Ireland, Germany, Poland and Italy. They were regarded as …
US Catholics allergic to reality of environmental racism, theologian says at St. John's University
… heavily on the poor of New Orleans. For decades those with means had established themselves in flood-free areas, he said, away from the industrial canal system that enveloped the poor …