Our September 19 guest is America‘s National Correspondent Michael O’Loughlin. We discuss his recent article “Resignations, Rome meetings and investigations: A week of major developments in the sexual abuse crisis.” We also discuss these stories: Why we still need a synod on youth What lies in the heart of an ICE officer? Here’s why Trump’s latest claims about […]
Climate Change
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Catholic Charities distributes disaster relief to areas hit by Florence
The Carolinas were hard hit with record rainfall and flooding rivers from tropical storm Florence since it made landfall Sept. 14. And although the storm was downgraded from a hurricane to a Category 1 tropical storm, it still caused extensive water damage.
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Hope fades in Philippines for dozens buried in landslides
Dozens of people believed buried in a landslide unleashed by Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines probably did not survive, a mayor said Monday, although rescuers kept digging through mud and debris covering a chapel where they had taken shelter.
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Miami lost a Catholic Church in Hurricane Irma. They’re preparing for the next one.
After losing a church in the Florida Keys to a hurricane, the Archdiocese of Miami looks to protect its properties from the rising sea.
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Climate change is top priority for Cardinal Ribat of Papua New Guinea
People of the southwest Pacific Ocean nation of Papua New Guinea face dual threats from rising sea levels and the advent of undersea mining for valuable metals.
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Cape Town wakes up to the reality of a permanent water shortage
There have been warning signs for decades; now South Africa’s second-biggest city is racing to prevent a drought from throttling the economy and causing social unrest.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
At a beach Mass for 200,000 Peruvians, Pope Francis brings hope to storm-hit Trujillo
“Just as the apostles faced the storm on the sea, you had to face the brunt of ‘El Niño costero.’”
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Which foreign policy issue worries you the most? America readers weigh in.
Many readers also pointed out that in comparison with other foreign policy issues, climate change’s consequences are the broadest and have the most impact.
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Catholic eco-activists frustrated that U.S. left behind as climate change efforts negotiated in Bonn
“What we need to do is just continue to live out the challenge of ‘Laudato Si’,’ which is to examine our relationship with the earth, with God and with each other to see how we can become better stewards of this gift of the earth.”
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Pope Francis: Quick fixes & denial won’t stop climate change
The pope said the Paris agreement is “a clear path of transition toward a model of low- or no-carbon economic development, encouraging solidarity and emphasizing the strong links that exist between fighting climate change and fighting poverty.”