A team of scientists set out to film the transition of coral from a brilliantly colored living organism to a decaying corpse.
Climate Change
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Al Gore’s Sequel: The climate change movie no one wanted to have to make
The people behind “An Inconvenient Truth” can be forgiven for indulging in a bit of “I told you so” in their follow-up film, “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Summertime blues? A season that’s hard on the earth
Most Americans say they have changed their behavior to help protect the environment—whether because they are heeding the warnings of Pope Francis in his encyclical “Laudato Si’” or are alarmed by stories of severe weather and rising sea levels. But summer may bring the biggest test of good intentions. A warming planet means more demand […]
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis encourages Chancellor Merkel to continue the fight against climate change
This was the pope and chancellor’s sixth meeting.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Video
“A Slap in the Face”: Cardinal John Ribat’s strong words on climate change
Archbishop John Ribat met with Fr. James Martin, SJ in front of Trump Tower to discuss climate change.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
As sea waters rise, Miami begins elevated development
Rising seas due to global warming have rendered the coastal high-water marks more obsolete by the day. That is especially true in the Miami area, which every media report on sea-level rise seems to profile as ground zero for deluge doom.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Vatican official: President Trump’s decision to withdraw from Paris climate change accord a ‘disaster’
Vatican officials slammed it as “a disaster for the whole world because the United States has such importance today and is a country that many follow.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Trump pulls out of the Paris agreement: Catholic leaders respond
It is clear that the president either has not yet read “Laudato Si'”, or he simply disagrees with what the pontiff said.
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U.S. bishops urge Trump to honor Paris climate agreement
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops “is on record supporting prudent action to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Trump’s war on the environment is a war on the young and the unborn
My son isn’t choosing the planet he will be getting. The unborn children to come certainly aren’t.