Essay: Entering Jubilee 2025 with hope for our common home
Bishop JOSEPH J TYSON, of the US Catholic Diocese of Yakima, says when we are tempted to lose hope, we must remember that it is not a feeling or an emotion but a virtue…
Essay: How will the Catholic bishops deal with the new Trump administration?
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE says, in an article first published on Religion News Service, that a look back at the last one may give us a clue…
Pope Francis says Earth is “sick” in new climate change warning
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis on Friday urged people around the world to better protect the environment, ahead of a 12-day trip to South-East Asia next week in which the pontiff is expected to urge global action on climate change. “If we took the planet’s temperature, it will tell us that the Earth has a […]
Essay: Catholics could decide the 2024 US election
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says Catholics are a good weathervane for how the country will vote – if you win Catholics, you likely win the country…
Thousands march in Colombia to protest government reforms
Bogota, Colombia Reuters Thousands of people marched through Colombia’s biggest cities on Wednesday to protest political, economic and social reforms backed by President Gustavo Petro, as well as to demand action against deteriorating security. Leftist Petro was elected in 2022 on ambitious promises to fight poverty and inequality, and end Colombia’s six decades of internal […]
Water management: Afghans fight drought with small dams as Taliban shut out of COP28
Afghanistan is among the most vulnerable countries to climate change, but has been excluded from the COP28 global climate summit. ROHULLAH TALAASH and EMMA BATHA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report…
Small scale growers: With sustainable cotton in fashion, India’s farmers seek fair price
BHASKER TRIPATHI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that as fashion brands heed environmental concerns, demand rises for greener cotton but small-scale farmers need support to tap benefits…
Essay: Conflict pollution, washed-up landmines and military emissions – here’s how war trashes the environment
In an article first published on The Conversation, STACEY PIZZINO, JO DURHAM and MICHAEL WALLER, of The University of Queensland in Australia, look at the environmental costs of war…
World on brink of environmental tipping points, UN says
Singapore Reuters The world is heading towards a series of environmental “tipping points” that could cause irreversible damage to water supplies and other life-sustaining systems, the research arm of the United Nations warned on Wednesday. Climate change and the overuse of resources have put the world on the brink of six interconnected tipping points that […]
Habitat at risk as Ukrainians crowd river seeking respite from war
Tylihul Estuary, Ukraine Reuters Kite surfers bounce along the gentle waves. A speedboat pulls children on an inflatable raft. Families soak up sunshine on a narrow beach. With most of Ukraine’s Black Sea Coast either occupied by Russian troops or in their line of fire, families seeking respite from life in a war zone are […]