Brian Roewe

Kansas City

Environment Correspondent at National Catholic Reporter

Environment correspondent for @NCRonline, on the EarthBeat (@EarthBeatNCR). Perpetually wary of ringwraiths, ready for baseball. We went Blues.

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Articles

Despite civil war and funding crisis, CRS responds quickly to Myanmar quake

3 weeks ago | globalsistersreport.org | Brian Roewe

Minutes after the strongest earthquake to strike Myanmar in more than a century subsided, Catholic Relief Services went to work. Staff at its main Yangon office began contacting colleagues and church partners in the Mandalay-Sagaing region, the epicenter of the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that hit the war-torn Southeast Asian country on March 28.
Despite civil war and funding crisis, CRS responds quickly to Myanmar quake

3 weeks ago | ncronline.org | Brian Roewe |Diego Mauro

Minutes after the strongest earthquake to strike Myanmar in more than a century subsided, Catholic Relief Services went to work. Staff at its main Yangon office began contacting colleagues and church partners in the Mandalay-Sagaing region, the epicenter of the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that hit the war-torn Southeast Asian country on March 28.
Faith groups blast 'evil' EPA rollback plans, 'climate change religion' comment

1 month ago | ncronline.org | Brian Roewe

Faith groups sharply denounced sweeping deregulation plans for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as "morally depraved" and prioritizing polluters over public health and nature. But they directed some of their most pointed criticism at EPA administrator Lee Zeldin's comments about "the climate change religion," which they said mocked religion and beliefs compelling them to act on behalf of creation.
Energy & Laudato Si' 101: CUA students advise archdiocese on sustainability upgrades

1 month ago | ncronline.org | Brian Roewe

At the beginning of the year, the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, received a report on ways to improve energy use at its pastoral center. The in-depth, 79-page slide deck provided analysis of the three-story administrative building's current energy demands and offered a range of possible upgrades, from simple steps like upgrading insulation to more complex solar installations. The report didn't come from the local utility or a solar developer or even the archdiocese's facilities manager.
Resumed UN nature summit provides faith groups pathway to log conservation progress

1 month ago | ncronline.org | Brian Roewe

Nations under the global biodiversity pact resolved unfinished business in late February, reaching deals on mobilizing funds and monitoring conservation commitments.
Trump's foreign aid pause hits Jesuit Refugee Service hard

2 months ago | ncronline.org | Brian Fraga |Tim Kaine |Brian Roewe |Kate Scanlon

Vital humanitarian activities that Jesuit Refugee Service leads in nine countries remain in jeopardy, the organization says, even after a judge's order to temporarily lift the Trump administration's freeze on foreign aid.
Climate activist Lorna Gold named new leader of Laudato Si’ Movement

2 months ago | catholicoutlook.org | Brian Roewe

The Laudato Si’ Movement, the global network of Catholic organisations dedicated to Pope Francis’ calls for ecological concern and a churchwide response to climate change, will undergo its second leadership change in the past year. Lorna Gold has been named its new executive director. She will take over the position beginning in late February from Susana Réfega, who entered the role in January 2024. In a Jan.
Editorial: Silence in the face of Trump's cruelty is complicity

2 months ago | ncronline.org | Rhina Guidos |Brian Roewe |Brian Fraga

For those of us in the Catholic community, cruelty should be especially alarming — and a call to action Supporters of the U.S. Agency for International Development, known as USAID, gather near the U.S. Capitol Feb. 5, to rail against the Trump administration's attempt to dismantle the humanitarian agency. However, the Congressional Research Service raised legal questions Feb.
Climate activist Lorna Gold named new leader of Laudato Si' Movement

2 months ago | ncronline.org | Brian Roewe

The Laudato Si' Movement, the global network of Catholic organizations dedicated to Pope Francis' calls for ecological concern and a churchwide response to climate change, will undergo its second leadership change in the past year. Lorna Gold has been named its new executive director. She will take over the position beginning in late February from Susana Réfega, who entered the role in January 2024. In a Jan.
Trump environmental rollbacks pose a threat to life, Catholic groups say

2 months ago | ncronline.org | Brian Roewe

Then-candidate President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign town hall at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center & Fairgrounds, Oct. 14, 2024, in Oaks, Pa., as moderator South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem listens. (AP/Alex Brandon, File) Two leading Catholic environmental groups denounced early actions by the Trump administration as threats to the "life and dignity of all people," urging the president to reverse his plans to expand fossil fuels, roll back regulations and exit the Paris climate accord.