A disaster like this creates so many brutal little ironies.
Climate Change
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California prelates urge prayers, humanitarian aid for victims of fires
“The tremendous loss from the Camp Fire ravaging parts of the diocese is devastating,” said Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento.
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Now that the midterms are over, let’s stop obsessing over the Trump Show
Maybe we just like victimizing each other and never addressing basic problems. But our young citizens have had enough of this political show and are making a spectacle of their own.
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Bishops sign document calling for action against climate change
Six bishops representing episcopal conferences on five continents issued a joint statement calling on the international community to take immediate action against climate change.
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Catholic officials say Hurricane Michael sets new bar for disaster relief
A four-person team from Catholic Charities of Miami did a four-day, fact-finding and needs assessment during the week of Oct. 15 in three or four rural and coastal areas of the Florida Panhandle.
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The time to invest in a sustainable future is now
A fatalistic attitude is not the proper response to climate change.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Surveying the damage after Hurricane Michael
Human-driven climate change is intensifying tropical cyclones across the globe, climatologists say, but the role it played in the tragedy at Mexico Beach is both subtle and surprising.
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USCCB leaders ask for prayers, donations for hurricane victims
Two U.S. Catholic leaders have called on Catholics to pray for victims of Hurricanes Michael and Florence, along with responders to these storms, and to donate to recovery efforts in the impacted areas.
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Florida diocese moves from prayer to action in wake of Hurricane Michael
In the wake of Hurricane Michael, which left 13 known dead and more than 1 million without power two days after it ravaged the Florida panhandle, the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, whose territory was smack in the path of the Category 4 storm, is moving from prayer to action.
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Catholic aid agencies respond after quake, tsunami in Indonesia
Catholic aid agencies were among those working to assess the needs and get relief to the island of Sulawesi after an earthquake and tsunami left more than 1,200 people dead.