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Politics & SocietyNews
Kevin Jackson
Climate strikes led primarily by young people are happening around the world. How are Jesuit schools engaging with this issue?
Politics & SocietyNews
Deborah Gyapong - Catholic News Service
The upcoming Synod of Bishops for the Amazon will challenge Canada regarding its own relationship with indigenous peoples and the environment.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
On his first day in Madagascar, Pope Francis issued a strong call to the governmental authorities of this island of 27 million people to fight “with determination” against “endemic forms of corruption and speculation,” to “confront” the situations that “create conditions of inhumane poverty,” and to protect the environment against damage to nature and the people.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis said that the forthcoming United Nations Climate Action Summit “is of particular importance.”
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on June 5 in Shannon, Ireland. Mr. Varadkar had pledged that Ireland would be a leader in responding to climate change, but it is not necessarily doing any better than the United States is. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Keith Adams
In May, Ireland became only the second country in the world to declare a “climate and biodiversity emergency.” But was it only a “greenwashing” move to distract climate activists from more oil and gas drilling?
People enjoy the sun and the fountains of the Trocadero gardens in Paris, on Thursday July 25, 2019, when a new all-time high temperature of 42.6 degrees Celsius (108.7 F) hit the French capital. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Melissa Vida
People fainted on public transport in England. In Paris schools postponed exams, and the heat wave aggravated wildfires in Spain and Portugal. In Scandinavia it hastened Arctic melt.