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Farmworkers' march in support of workers' bill has Catholic presence
… They also stressed that farmworkers showed up to pick crops during the pandemic, amid wildfires and in record-setting heat. The speakers also touched on the significance of the …
Sep 2, 2022
With floods and fires raging, Season of Creation invites Christians to listen to nature's cries
… from the Book of Exodus as the logo for this year's season — representing how extreme heat, wildfires and other impacts of climate change are devastating communities and ecosystems, and … California's Death Valley and near Yosemite National Park in Montana, which also faced major wildfires. As global temperatures rise, warmer air can hold more moisture, making extreme … Hemisphere, setting all-time temperature records in places like London, and exacerbating major wildfires across the globe , in South Korea, Algeria, Russia, Portugal, Spain and other parts of …
Sep 1, 2022
Indianapolis Catholic is leading pope's global plan to care for the earth
… effects of climate change and biodiversity loss — more intense storm events and flooding, wildfires and record temperatures," he continued. "While there are positive signs of progress in …
Aug 27, 2022
Historic climate law, signed by Biden, has Catholic fingerprints all over it
… of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, said in a statement, referring to the heatwaves, wildfires and flooding this summer across the country and much of the world. "The cry of the …
Aug 18, 2022
'Community Lighthouses' powered by the sun and volunteers
… utility companies sometimes preemptively de-energize power lines when conditions are ripe for wildfires so that their equipment doesn't spark a fire. Ice and wind storms as well as tropical …
Aug 13, 2022
Interfaith campaign pushes climate-concerned voters to the midterm polls
… with the impacts of climate change on display this summer across the country, from wildfires out west, to extreme flooding in Kentucky and Missouri, to scorching heat waves that …
Aug 4, 2022
Democrats' new spending bill helps restore the good government brand
… Seniors really do need more affordable prescription drugs. All of us really do need fewer wildfires and droughts and floods and hurricanes. We really do need the kind of justice that …
Aug 1, 2022
As heat rises, who will protect farmworkers?
… an injunction against the heat standard and another new rule governing workers' exposure to wildfire smoke, arguing that they are unconstitutional. But the rules stand for now, making …
Jul 30, 2022
Democrats play a dangerous game by interfering in GOP primary elections
… to play with fire under any circumstance but when the current political climate is as prone to wildfires as is the natural environment, helping get these extremist GOP candidates within …
Jul 29, 2022
Editorial: The Vatican acts on climate change, but US bishops dawdle
… weather filled news pages across the globe as they reported record-breaking heat waves and wildfires. Some places in Europe felt highs over 104 F, while areas of the United States …
Jul 28, 2022
Margaret Meserve's 'Papal Bull' details how the Renaissance church used print to spread views
… of print to distribute and popularize his ideas after 1517, the Lutheran message spread like wildfire through Europe. It has been estimated that the total print run of pamphlets in the first …
Jul 23, 2022