Tag: Climate Change
‘Start my life from zero’: Poor Pakistanis face heavy cost of...
Floods have ruined crops and homes across Pakistan, leaving many of the country's poor struggling to restart their lives
Pakistani cardinal says poor paying price of unprecedented destruction caused by...
“As always, it is the poor who pay the price,” said Cardinal Joseph Coutts, archbishop emeritus of Karachi
Catholic bishops in Pakistan call for help amid devastating floods
“Considering the extent of the flood emergency, it is urgent to show solidarity with the flood victims and people in need”
Tens of millions battle Pakistan floods as death toll rises
Officials say 1,061 people have died since June when the seasonal rains began, but the final toll could be higher
Pope Francis prays for victims of floods in Pakistan
Officials in Pakistan said this year's monsoon flooding has affected more than 33 million people, destroying nearly a million homes
Iraq’s Garden of Eden now ‘like a desert’
The reputed home of the biblical Garden of Eden, Iraq's swamplands have been battered by three years of drought and low rainfall
Church offers ‘cooling centers’ to help poor beat heat as temperatures...
Heatwave mortality in India has increased by more than 60 percent since 1980, according to the country's Ministry of Earth Sciences
Climate campaigners protest Japan’s promotion of ‘false solutions’ to climate crisis
The protesters called on the Japanese government and corporations to stop financing fossil fuels
Pope Francis: The poor suffer the most from heat waves, drought
In a message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, the pope said that it is “the poorest among us who are crying out”
Global heating, human development could drive future waves of disease in...
Disturbance of ecosystems as humans interact with wild species make future outbreaks and pandemics more likely
Support Our Mission
We work tirelessly each day to tell the stories of those living on the fringe of society in Asia and how the Church in all its forms - be it lay, religious or priests - carries out its mission to support those in need, the neglected and the voiceless.
We need your help to continue our work each day. Make a difference and donate today.
