The Green Deal amends the European Union’s climate, energy, transport and taxation policies with the short term goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030.
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Meet the Black Catholic lay woman representing the U.S. at the synod
“I’m an African American woman in a space that is doing the kind of work that…Christ is calling us to do,” Cynthia Bailey Manns, who will participate in the Synod on Synodality as a voting member in October, said in an interview.
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Behind the scenes of a Way of the Cross like no other at World Youth Day
When the Jesuits in Portugal were entrusted with planning the Way of the Cross, they knew it needed to be quite different from any previous prayer service.
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Ahead of World Youth Day, the head of the Jesuits had a candid Q&A with six young pilgrims
On the feast of St. Ignatius Loyola, Arturo Sosa, S.J, the superior general of the order, had a candid conversation with six young pilgrims representing diverse continents and socio-economic backgrounds.
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Will a united Ireland celebrate a holiday that marks a Protestant victory over a Catholic king?
A proposal to make “the 12th” an all-Ireland holiday has not been not met with a warm reception. A former government minister described the popular response as “a mixture of diatribe and incredulity.”
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MAGIS 2023: Pope Francis says young people are called to be bearers of hope, not superheroes
Pope Francis greeted the pilgrims gathered in Lisbon for the opening of MAGIS 2023, imploring them to “truly believe and become what they are: ‘A future full of hope.’”
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‘Push the people back into the water.’ Texas bishops condemn inhumane border policies after leaked email
In an email exchange between a Texas state trooper and his supervisor, the trooper reported receiving orders in encounters with migrating people that he called “inhumane.”
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Riots in French cities reveal deep social fractures. Here’s how the church is trying to help.
Merzouk’s killing blew the lid off years of simmering resentment because of the police treatment of black and Arab youth, the ghettoization of immigrants and their descendants and the general hopelessness among black and Arab youth who feel like second-class citizens in France.
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Report: Catholic charitable giving (and the church) are moving to the Southwest
According to a new report from Fidelity Charitable, Catholic organizations, including dioceses as well as human services organizations with church ties, continue to rank among the top beneficiaries of support in many U.S. cities.
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After two decades of war, suffering in Sudan continues
The basic question centers on whether the present military conflict in Sudan will metastasize into a protracted, all-out civil war as both generals repeat in their own ways the atrocities begun by Mr. al-Bashir years ago in Darfur.