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.
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Major developments in the sexual abuse crisis
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 […]
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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.