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Archbishop urges steps to address 'ethical challenge' of climate change
… to a warming planet" were set to grow, with developing countries "bearing the brunt" from floods, storms and droughts. The report said annual economic losses had risen from $50 billion in …
Filipinos cope with suffering, look for hope in wake of double disasters
… swept through Tacloban City, Leyte. Eleven people they were serving were also killed in the flood the typhoon triggered, members of the orders told NCR . The Missionary Benedictine Sisters … Benedictines were working in the 160-bed hospital when it ran out of supplies days after the flood, Mother Prioress Adelaida Ygrubai told NCR . Ten other sisters had joined them the day … Korea treat patients. She said they now do surgery as workers tidy up the mess left by the flood, and supplies come in more easily with the opening of Tacloban airport Friday. A pregnant …
Religious orders in Philippines rush to help typhoon victims
… local churches in regions most severely hit, helping people displaced or otherwise affected by flooding, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines said. Caritas Manila, the church's … and bridges remained impassable, buildings that are being used are damaged and filthy from the flooding. Until Friday, airlines carrying supplies could not use the Tacloban airport at night. …
Caritas Philippines leader calls typhoon devastation 'unimaginable'
… son said: "The water was so high. It was so high," as he put his arm up to indicate the flood's depth. Manos said she decided to come to Manila because none of the food packs being …
Philippine delegate, Catholics add voices to Warsaw climate talks
… Heat waves across Europe have increased deaths among older and poorer citizens, while flash floods in Africa have been four times worse than in any previous decade. While climate-related …
Gutierrez and Farmer's 'In the Company of the Poor'
… that we live in one world, not three. Nothing that I've seen, from plague to famine to flood to quake, could persuade me otherwise." "As Dr. Farmer knows better than most, poverty for …
Surviving Superstorm Sandy with grit and wit
… "there are no emergency demographics," said Regina Coyle. Recounting the night of fright and flooding that came with last year's arrival of Superstorm Sandy, Coyle recalled with tears and thanksgiving the deliverance from the storm that flooded her house, her church and the parish hall she had prepared over many days as an emergency … a 48-foot truck donated by UPS. The vehicle remained parked outside the hall for days. But the flooding totaled all of the cars that had been in the lot when Sandy struck, leaving scores of …
Canon lawyers hear from church prosecutor of sex abuse cases
… of lack of ordained ministers or because of a laissez-faire style of leadership) may open the flood gates on serious misconduct, scandalize the community and abort vocations to the priesthood …
Thrift stores in rural towns help needy, answer call to stewardship
… Several families in the area around Ewing who have lost their homes and possessions to fire or flood have been invited into the store over the years and allowed to take whatever they need. …
Church World Service humanitarian fought hunger, poverty at home and abroad
… Marie several years ago during a time of ongoing problems for Pakistan (for example, years of floods that followed a horrific 2005 earthquake), I am struck by her steadfast concern for the … work performed in Pakistan -- not a popular thing to do in post-9/11 America. After flooding hit the country in 2011, Marie wrote: "This is such a tragedy. It is difficult to imagine all of this happening after last year's floods. I pray that CWS can somehow engage the Pakistani community here in the U.S. to respond. I …
Animal trio shows people how to love their enemies
… of Noah’s ark, “the people who approached the ark knew that they were doing so because of the Flood-water…but the beasts had no idea why they were coming to Noah; it was the Spirit which was …