Through prayer and acts of generosity, Catholics throughout the diocese of Omaha, Neb. are helping their neighbors and families deal with the historic floodwaters that have ravaged the state.
Climate Change
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Historic flooding in Midwest threatening lives, destroying livelihoods
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee late March 19 expressed grief over the lives and livelihoods lost and threatened by the historic flooding in the Midwest and offered prayers for recovery.
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As cyclone slams Africa, churches and aid agencies coordinate response
Two boys at a Catholic boarding school in Zimbabwe are among the more than 300 people killed in the aftermath of a cyclone that slammed into Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi in mid-March.
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Fear of the future unites Yellow Vests and climate change protesters
France’s Yellow Vest movement, sparked by a fuel tax increase, wants to be heard by the government. So do the students protesting climate change. The church says that both can find hope in “Laudato Si’.”
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The Editors: The Green New Deal should be improved, not mocked
While it is clear that not everything in the Green New Deal is realistically achievable, what is less realistic still is to dismiss it out of hand in order to continue the pretense that climate change can be ignored.
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Teens school U.K. leaders on climate change
We are now relying on our children to act where we have failed, for their futures and that of their offspring.
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During Arctic blast, Catholic service agencies extend services and hours
In Chicago, temperatures dipped to nearly a record low Jan. 31 at minus 21, with a wind chill of minus 41.
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How Florida’s new Republican Governor DeSantis is putting the environment on his agenda
Gov. Ron DeSantis has earned cautious praise from environmental groups who say the commitment is a substantive step forward on water quality issues and underlying Everglades restoration challenges.
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It’s time to throw away car ownership as a mark of prosperity
The four-wheeled population is growing faster than the human population in many dense cities with strong economies.
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Can high-tech maps help the church and save the planet?
An American entrepreneur is teaching both the Vatican and local parishes about modern cartography—and how it can help responsible management of the church’s vast real estate portfolio.