Activists are demanding that the New York Senator take a stand against the Algonquin natural gas pipeline.
Environment
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In his message for World Food Day on Oct. 14, Pope Francis urged consumers to take responsibility for their use and waste of food and actions that harm the environment. • The Diocese of Baton Rouge has been helping flood victims deal with the stress of “letting go” and adjusting to
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Recovery Will Take Long-term Effort in Haiti
The people of southern Haiti are traumatized and the landscape has suffered “complete devastation.” Hurricane Matthew survivors “have never seen anything like this,” Christopher Bessey, the country representative for Haiti for Catholic Relief Services, reports. The Category 4
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Years of recovery ahead in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew
Hurricane Matthew survivors “have never seen anything like this.” The Category 4 hurricane was the fiercest storm to make landfall here in 52 years.
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Catholic Relief Services gears up for Hurricane Matthew relief in Haiti
Forecasters expected Matthew to dump up to 30 inches of rain in most communities, with some locales receiving up to 40 inches.
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After Scalia: how the Supreme Court fared without its most vocal justice
How the Supreme Court fared without its most vocal justice
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Private investing for the common good?
A new development model seeks to turn the power of the market economy to social good.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The Ecological Examen: Entering a new world of Ignatian contemplation
These same spiritual tools can be used to cultivate ecological sensitivity and a heightened awareness of God’s immanence in the natural world.
Posted inIn All Things
Save the Horses
Black handsome bursting with muscle power and dignity His well-brushed coat shone At 17 hands he was the tallest horse in the 52nd nbsp Street stable where he and his companions were being ritually harnessed up around 9 a m for the day rsquo s work ahead Except for the few inevitable clumps