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Book on Katrina is ambitious, flawed
… Chris Byrd … 01012016p17pha.jpg KATRINA: AFTER THE FLOOD By Gary Rivlin Published by Simon and Schuster, $27 Released in August to coincide with the …
Push for legalizing assisted suicide stalls out in New Jersey Senate
… the state should speak out against the "choice we should never make." And speak out they did, flooding phone lines and inboxes with messages of opposition to a practice the Catechism of the …
The pope's personal encounters with 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," he states. "We …
The Field Hospital: Covering parish life throughout America
… situations apparently have no legal recourse. St. Louis-area Catholic parishes respond to the floods in the Midwest. While, in this winter of strange weather, Dallas-area Catholics offer …
Some priests organize rescues, others trapped in northern England floods
… Simon Caldwell … A 78-year-old Catholic priest trapped in his home was among those rescued as floods ravaged the north of England. Elsewhere, another Catholic priest organized the rescue by … was for him, but he has managed to get over it," said Stock, who visited the town Dec. 28. The flood left the church and rectory "devastated completely," the bishop said. He said the flooding was "very traumatic" for people whose homes were destroyed. "The most distressing thing …
St. Louis area parishes respond to victims of record December flooding
… and a broken-down car. A son was expected to get her, but his arrival was uncertain because of flooding and road closures in his area. Freeman, her mother Nora Dell, dogs Rocky and Fifi, and … their safety. Freeman again faced the prospect of losing everything, as happened in the 1982 flood. Ultimately, Nora agreed to leave, but she pleaded to bring her dog. "I want my Rocky. I … Schaab opened the church basement for a shelter, as the parish had done during previous floods. But there was a hitch because the Red Cross had not yet arrived to coordinate efforts …
Catholic activists, pope say more work needed after climate change pact
… would benefit millions of the world's people by reducing adverse weather disasters, such as floods, drought, typhoons and rising sea levels. The accord's "long-term goal is well below 2 …
What am I supposed to do for the Year of Mercy?
… into the chaos of another. This definition unlocked my imagination, and I was immediately flooded with images and stories. Mercy is the Holy Child Jesus Church community in Queens . When …
Action plan offers Atlanta Catholics down-to-earth ideas to implement encyclical
… seasons with hotter temperatures and fewer cool days. The Atlanta area faces more severe flooding as heavy rain is forecast to replace moderate rainfall. Georgia is "blessed with …
Africans seek climate accord that respects their concerns
… the Indian and Atlantic Ocean coastlines, with particularly high numbers of people at risk of flooding in the coastal cities of Mozambique, Tanzania, Cameroon, Egypt, Senegal and Morocco," … is not reached soon. Many scientists argue that an increase in natural disasters such as flooding, droughts and rising sea levels across the world are all but inevitable if limits are …
Bangladesh a climate-change test-case as COP21 gets underway in Paris
… "second city," Chittagong, along the coast can see how low-lying areas are vulnerable to flooding from catastrophic, or even noncatastrophic, events. From a train window, this flat, … Bangladesh has been spared an event of that scale since, there have been numerous cyclones, floods and storms, and the cumulative effects have been devastating. On Nov. 23, a U.N. report … climate change conference in 1995, 6,457 recorded weather-related events — droughts, floods, heat waves and the like — have caused 90 percent of major disasters in the world. Those …
Why battling climate change requires a spiritual rebirth (COMMENTARY)
… of people will be thrown into extreme poverty by drought and the disappearance of soil and flooding. We are told that if the planet heats up by 3.9 degrees Fahrenheit (a path we are …
Nurturing a permeable soul inch by inch
… we woke up with dread, thinking, "What have we gotten ourselves into?" Historic rains and flooding in our state of Minnesota caused our construction site to become a giant muddy mess and …
Promises, promises
… called "very good" (Genesis 1:31), to the promise of the continuation of the earth after the flood (Genesis 8:22), to the promise of a future to Abram and the rest of the patriarchs and …
Amid cardboard homes, Francis cries against economic system that 'squanders' wealth
… the slum because of the materials used to construct the simple homes and how it is also often floods with drainage. Citing statistics indicating that more than half of Nairobi’s population …
Caritas: Pendulum of COP 21 must swing in favor of the poor
… and rising sea levels mean large parts of this small, low-lying and over-crowded country get flooded. At the other extreme you have droughts in the Sahel region of north-central Africa, …
Catholics to U.N. climate summit: Warmer temperatures are just part of the problem
… Africa. The team of cyclists teaches communities that natural disasters such as droughts and floods are connected to climate change, he said. Bishop Kevin Dowling of Rustenburg, South …
Morning Briefing
… about Jesus having “two dads” after a Catholic writer caught wind of it and complaints came flooding in. … Thirty years ago, Archbishop Raymond G. Huntausen was figuratively clapped in …
Choosing wisely or foolishly at global climate conference
… example, he said, "In Sierra Leone where I have worked, the changing climate is causing flash floods and mudslides. But yet it takes the greenhouse gas emissions of 85 Sierra Leoneans to …
Right role of technology dissected at Santa Clara encyclical conference
… providing residents with income and fostering social movements. After catastrophic floods in 1998 that were attributed to deforestation, China decided a more economic approach …