Sr. Maribeth Larkin, whose Sisters of Social Service evacuated to stay with the Sisters of Notre Dame, advised other congregations to talk to each other, and "have an up-to-date plan, not one you dust off from 20 years ago."
Sr. Maribeth Larkin, whose Sisters of Social Service evacuated to stay with the Sisters of Notre Dame, advised other congregations to talk to each other, and "have an up-to-date plan, not one you dust off from 20 years ago."
In the challenging environment of Isiolo, Kenya, the Institute of the Holy Trinity Sisters are pursuing Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration in their venture toward self-sustainability and restoring the Earth.
Negotiations in South Korea were expected to deliver a treaty on plastics two years in the making, but the U.N. meeting adjourned early Dec. 2 with delegates for some 170 nations still deadlocked on key issues.
A national body of Catholic religious working for justice and peace in India has vowed to protect mother earth from "merciless invasions" that create ecological imbalances and climate change.
"Desde 2022 hemos suministrado 15 bombas manuales y dos pozos. Nuestro trabajo garantiza que la población tenga acceso a agua limpia y segura más cerca de sus casas de lo que estaría un arroyo", explica la Hna. Mónica Ichife, quien añade que el proyecto hídrico de las Hermanas de la Caridad no solo disminuye las "probabilidades de contraer enfermedades" por contaminación del agua, sino que también posibilita la agricultura de regadío —especialmente útil durante las sequías— a los habitantes de las aldeas de Malawi.
Nearly 200 countries adopted a new financing target to assist developing countries respond to climate change at the United Nations climate change conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.
"The climate crisis is not gender-neutral. Women and girls disproportionately bear the brunt of climate change, yet their voices remain largely underrepresented in climate decision-making," said Jemimah Njuki, U.N. Women's chief of women's economic empowerment.
Debate about how much money countries should direct toward addressing climate change has overlooked the massive spending on weapons and wars, say faith activists at the U.N. climate conference in Azerbaijan.
As the U.N. climate change conference reached the halfway point, faith groups appealed for countries to set an ambitious new target to finance the transition to clean energy and adaptation measures for a rapidly warming world.
