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Pew study: US Catholics more motivated by climate news than other Americans
… Deum , and the new polling come after a summer of climate disasters, including flooding , wildfires and unprecedented heat . Compared to 38% of U.S. adults who said that recent news on …
Nov 1, 2023
Caritas: Voices from climate change migrants can be 'blueprint for change'
… million people per year were displaced by sudden-onset weather events, such as storms, floods, wildfires — that's twice as many as displaced by conflict." "Over 3 billion people live in …
Oct 26, 2023
Newsom signs laws to fast-track housing on churches' lands, streamline housing permitting process
… zones. Opponents had worried the bill would place housing in areas prone to sea-level rise or wildfires and make way for luxury apartments, not affordable housing, along the coastline. Wiener … with the commission to clarify the legislation won't apply to environmentally sensitive or wildfire-prone areas. The commission withdrew its opposition, but a number of cities in Southern …
Oct 12, 2023
Survey: US religious groups do not view climate change as a crisis
… each in damage, The New York Times reported. Those include Hurricane Idalia in Florida and the wildfires in Hawaii, which are believed to have killed 97 people. The month of August was the …
Oct 11, 2023
Environmental faith groups laud pope's climate exhortation, US bishops offer quieter response
… and care for the poor," lauded Francis' newest writing as timely, pointing to hurricanes and wildfires that ravaged the U.S. and other parts of the globe this summer — natural disasters …
Oct 9, 2023
Pope Francis takes on climate deniers, 'irresponsible' Americans in new climate letter
… Christopher White … Amid a year of record-breaking rising temperatures, wildfires and flooding and ahead of a major U.N. climate summit this winter, Pope Francis on Oct. …
Oct 4, 2023
'Orthodoxy is spacious': At retreat, synod members hear about women's hopes, LGBTQ issues
… humanity. The future looks grim. Ecological catastrophe threatens the destruction of our home. Wildfires and floods have devoured the world this summer. Small islands begin to disappear under …
Oct 2, 2023
Catholic groups underscore urgency of United Nations 'Climate Ambition Summit'
… crops swept away in torrential floods, diseases unleashed by rising temperatures, and wildfires that destroyed towns and cities, Guterres said, "Our focus here is on climate solutions …
Sep 25, 2023
Catholic groups join sea of protesters in New York march against fossil fuels
… climate disasters, including historic heatwaves in the U.S., Europe and Middle East; ravaging wildfires in Canada and Maui; and devastating flooding in China, Brazil and Libya. Prior to the … of 2024 Regis High School student — echoed George's concerns for the poor. "While these recent wildfires kept us New Yorkers inside for a few days, climate tragedies in the Global South force …
Sep 19, 2023
'Portugal's pilgrimage' features ox-pulled floats with sacred images of Mary
… axes gleaming in the sun. It signified how vulnerable locals feel to increasingly destructive wildfires raging during extreme heat waves. One of this year's floats represented Our Lady of …
Sep 13, 2023
After the Vermont floods: An Indigenous creation story shows a way forward
… and spiritual foundations. Add into this mix a summer of serious air pollution from Canadian wildfires. Then recall that we are still emerging from the long social isolation and fears that …
Sep 12, 2023
Revisit Laudato Si' to prepare for Pope Francis' new document on ecology
… address the climate "signs of the times" yet again, especially following unprecedented heat, wildfires and floods around the globe this summer. Chapter 3 is organized into three parts: …
Sep 7, 2023
Pope Francis' new environmental exhortation to be released on Oct. 4
… against our common home" and comes after a summer of record breaking rising temperatures, wildfires and storms. "It is a terrible world war," he lamented. The pope's remarks came during …
Aug 30, 2023
Republican anti-ESG push complicates faith-based impact investing
… degrees Fahrenheit), and with it avoid more catastrophic impacts from strong storms, intense wildfires and flooding, and extensive heat waves and droughts. "Insofar as this freezes real …
Aug 24, 2023
As Maui rescue continues, families and faith leaders cling to hope, tackle reality
… as authorities predicted that more remains would be found within the ashes left behind by a wildfire that gutted the once-bustling town of Lahaina. But many others are already confronting a …
Aug 14, 2023
Catholics appeal for help as Biden declares Maui's deadly fires a federal emergency
… the agency meet the housing, food and other needs of what could be thousands of victims from wildfires raging on the island of Maui that wiped out an entire town and drove people to seek refuge in the ocean. News reports said that wildfires also were affecting the Big Island (officially named Hawaii), and by mid-afternoon … to at least 53, according to Hawaii Gov. Josh Green. About 11,000 others have evacuated as wildfires burned the historic town of Lahaina "to the ground," as numerous news outlets reported. …
Aug 11, 2023