The current warming trend is of particular significance because most of it is extremely likely to be the result of human activity since the mid-20th century, and it is proceeding at an unprecedented rate. Earth-orbiting satellites and other technological advances have enabled scientists to see the big picture, collecting many different types of information about …
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American doctor Tom Catena earns top medical missionary award for saving lives in Africa’s forgotten war zone. An American surgeon – who has cared for more than a million patients – hailed as “the world’s most important doctor” is being honoured with a top international medical award. On 28 January, Florida-based African Mission Healthcare (AMH) …
While the coronavirus pandemic is having devastating effects, what we can take from it is the love, concern and care shown by the dedicated caregivers, nurses and medical workers. It is phenomenal. The goodness and love of millions of humans has come shining through. There are neighbourhood help movements growing online. In Canada, an online …
The brutal conflict in Syria is entering its tenth year with disastrous consequences for millions of civilians. Here are nine of those consequences. 1 – 2020 has seen the largest mass displacement in the history of the conflict The latest escalation of violence in Idlib has displaced more than 960,000 people since December, half of …
The Paris Agreement was signed by 175 parties on the first day it opened for signature in 2016. The agreement represents the first time the world has come together to address the serious issue of climate change. It accelerates and intensifies the actions and investments needed for a sustainable low carbon future. Working together, we …
About 20 clergymen including at least eight Catholic Priests/Seminarians were killed in the past five year and more than 50 abducted or kidnapped. This is what a report by Nigerian NGO, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) writes. The report says that available statistics have shown that between 11,500 and 12,000 …
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Churches around the world have had to cancel Sunday services because of the coronavirus. In the Vatican, services for Holy Week, the most sacred time of the liturgical year, will exclude the faithful. The cancelling of church and sporting events has convinced most Americans that something significant is happening. After all, there is nothing more …
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It’s two years until the next World Youth Day, which will take place in the city of Lisbon in 2022. In that intervening time, Pope Francis is inviting young people to reflect on the themes for the diocesan World Youth Days of 2020 and 2021. “Young man, I say to you, arise!” is the 2020 …
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An authoritarian tyrant whose name will live in infamy has crushed, oppressed, bombed, executed and gassed women and children, jailed and tortured his opponents and dissidents in Syria. Almost a million of them that remain in Idlib, North Western Syria, are under daily attack and continuous bombardment. Schools, hospitals, clinics and markets are the favourite …
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As the world approaches a tipping point in the climate change crisis, many people finally appear to be waking up to the need for radical change. Antonio Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, is urging world leaders to come up with action plans, not fancy speeches, to deal with climate change. Students around the …
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