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Turkey, our national bird of gratitude, carries the seeds for a new world
… the Trickster, ruined it. He stole the babies of Water Monster, who in response sent a massive flood. The People scattered in panic, trying to gather what they could. They fled to the highest … kinds of seeds: squash, beans, many varieties of corn. She was last because she had risked the flood to gather what the People needed. The People repented and honored Turkey. First Woman …
Nov 21, 2023
As floods strike eastern Africa, church leaders hope for concrete COP28 climate actions
… action against climate change, as churches and agencies moved to aid people affected by floods. The flooding — linked to the El Niño phenomenon caused by warming of the ocean surface — has killed … United Nations described as the worst in 40 years. "Things are not good. Many areas are now flooded and families are trying to move to higher grounds. The roads have either been swept away …
Nov 15, 2023
Joseph Strickland was my bishop. Here's why he had to go.
… of unity, so nurtured in my journey into the church, was ripped away as my thoughts became flooded with confusion and my mind became divided on who to believe. I was scandalized from then …
Nov 15, 2023
What Catholic and environmental officials expect from Pope Francis at COP28
… hope he will highlight the serious impacts that stronger storms and more severe droughts and flooding have on people, including those forced to leave their homes. Poreku, a Missionary Sister …
Nov 14, 2023
Religions call on COP28 for climate pledge accountability, rapid shift to clean energy
… and scientists have stated that each degree of warming increases climate-related risks — like floods, droughts, sea rise and extreme storms — that threaten people and ecosystems. "As we …
Nov 9, 2023
Don't overinterpret special elections tomorrow
… Republican voters. Beshear also gets high marks for how he has handled some recent disasters : flooding, a tornado and a mass shooting. Both campaigns have the race close with Beshear slightly …
Nov 6, 2023
Economic impacts of climate change drive workers in Bangladesh to modern slavery
… areas like Satkhira. Due to its geography and topography, Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to flooding and other climate-related disasters. The country experiences cyclones, floods and salinity into the agricultural lands and water resources. According to climate …
Nov 3, 2023
Floods did not dampen the spirit of the Pakistani people
… has fewer than 20 million people. In the summer of 2022, Sindh province was dangerously flooded and the people have not totally recovered. I will never forget that flood of 2022. Before it, our Sindh province — once a desert — had become a fertile plain, thanks … the costs of the seeds, fertilizer and land preparation for the owner's wheat field. When the floods destroyed the entire field, the crop was completely gone, and Ramesh found himself in …
Nov 2, 2023
Pew study: US Catholics more motivated by climate news than other Americans
… letter, Laudate 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 …
Nov 1, 2023
Caritas: Voices from climate change migrants can be 'blueprint for change'
… 20 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 …
Oct 26, 2023
The 'long swim' of Denise Levertov's conversion
… moved to Seattle. There her images of God include morning mist, the tower Mt. Rainer, joy, a flood of mercy and silence. In her last poem, "Primary Wonder," she writes, And then once more …
Oct 21, 2023
The Black Madonna makes her mark in the least religious state in the US
… up in Waterbury, a town in central Vermont, one of the communities affected by the July 2023 flooding . The Waterbury Area Anti-Racism Coalition sponsored the Waterbury Community Mural …
Oct 21, 2023
Pope's climate crisis message in 'Laudate Deum' reverberates in Africa
… and bishops on the continent continue to care for communities battered by droughts, famine, floods and storms. "This is real," Fr. Gerard Matolo, a priest in Nairobi's newly erected Wote … Africa, where devastating floods resulted from the Mediterranean storm Daniel. The storm and flood killed thousands of people, with the initial death toll placed at over 10,000, but later … to nearly 4,000, with almost 9,000 still missing, according to news reports. On Oct. 8, flooding in Cameroon killed 27 people in the country's capital. As COP28 , the U.N. Climate …
Oct 16, 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. 4 released a …
Oct 4, 2023
US faith-based climate groups say Pope Francis shows the way with 'Laudate Deum'
… the deadly impacts of climate change all around us. Extreme heat, choking smoke and massive floods inflicted fatal, devastating harm on communities around the country and the world. The …
Oct 4, 2023
Teaching fish farming in Zimbabwe produces food, income, enthusiasm
… infrastructure transformation and intermittent periods of drought. Natural disasters, such as flooding, cyclones and rising temperatures, have caused many problems, including homelessness. …
Oct 4, 2023
'Orthodoxy is spacious': At retreat, synod members hear about women's hopes, LGBTQ issues
… 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 the sea. …
Oct 2, 2023
Catholic action on climate issue must continue, advocates say
… forget that in the Metro New York area, over 40 people died , many of them trapped in their flooded basement apartments, when Hurricane Ida passed through here two years ago; and that (this … of the ways he said "developing countries disproportionately face more severe heat waves, floods and droughts." Bajada cited Pakistan as an example of a country whose "carbon emissions … 1% of the world's" but is "ranked among the 10 most vulnerable countries to climate change." Flooding in the last year in Pakistan , he noted, affected "more than 33 million people … and an …
Sep 28, 2023
New American Climate Corps aims to boost clean energy, jobs for young people
… to move forward with their own climate corps programs. Just days earlier, 75,000 activists flooded the streets of New York City in a march demanding an end to fossil fuels , while the …
Sep 26, 2023
Catholic groups underscore urgency of United Nations 'Climate Ambition Summit'
… Kimberley Heatherington … OSV News … Three days after more than 75,000 activists flooded the streets of New York City in a march demanding an end to fossil fuels, the United … leaders, "Humanity has opened the gates to hell." Recounting crops swept away in torrential floods, diseases unleashed by rising temperatures, and wildfires that destroyed towns and cities, …
Sep 25, 2023