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Father Carlos Francis Mendez, pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Las Marias, Puerto Rico, blesses Luz Lamboy, 82, who has Alzheimer's and lives alone, at her home in a remote area outside the town Oct. 24. Father Mendez and parishioners distributed relief goods to her home and others in the poor area outside the town who were affected by Hurricane Maria. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)
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Wallice J. de la Vega - Catholic News Service
During the first weeks after Hurricane Maria, the church's delivery of aid was extremely difficult because it had to be done by foot.
Galveston-Houston Catholic school students smile for a photo before a live video chat with Pope Francis at Telemundo Houston Oct. 26. In a video chat with young children from Texas and Puerto Rico, the pope said there are no easy answers to the suffering and destruction wrought by hurricanes. (CNS photo/James Ramos, Texas Catholic Herald)
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
"When these misfortunes happen to us, we cannot forget that the father loves us."
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Wallice J. de la Vega - Catholic News Service
"We are the hands and feet of Jesus."
Activists with the Lancaster Against Pipelines carry a banner in late April during the People's Climate March in Washington. Nearly two dozen people were arrested Oct. 16 as they blocked workers from starting construction of a short leg of a natural gas pipeline on property owned by the Adorers of the Blood of Christ in Columbia, Pa. (CNS photo/Mark Dixon, Wikimedia Commons)
Politics & SocietyNews
Dennis Sadowski - Catholic News Service
"We will continue to have a presence here. How can we not? We live here. This is our home."
The Ravenswood Generating Station, which uses natural gas, fuel oil and kerosene to power its boilers, is seen in 2015 in Long Island City, N.Y. Catholic environment advocates expressed concern over a plan by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to roll back the Clean Power Plan, which would have reduced carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. (CNS photo/Justin Lane, EPA)
Politics & SocietyNews
Dennis Sadowski - Catholic News Service
The EPA has decided to roll back an Obama-era regulation to curb carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
Clergy of many faiths from across the United States participate in a prayer circle on Nov. 3, 2016, in front of a bridge in Standing Rock, N.D., where demonstrators confront police during a protest of the Dakota Access pipeline. (CNS photo/Stephanie Keith, Reuters)
FaithDispatches
Eileen Markey
Long before Pope Francis articulated in “Laudato Si’” a comprehensive Catholic call to care for the physical environment, Agape members were focused on treading lightly on the earth and combining a contemplative lifestyle with frontline environmental and peace activism.