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2 months ago | 
globalsistersreport.org | Doreen Ajiambo |Rhina Guidos
Sr. Florence Muia distributes chicks to her clients in Upendo Village, located in Naivasha, a town northwest of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. (Courtesy of Upendo Village) For years, Sr. Florence Muia witnessed the harsh realities faced by people living with HIV in the impoverished regions of Kenya. She told Global Sisters Report that many endured social ostracism, stigma and a lack of access to essential treatment, trapped in a cycle of despair that often feels like a death sentence.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
ncronline.org | Brian Roewe |Doreen Ajiambo
Catholic organizations at the United Nations climate change summit lambasted a new $300 billion funding target that nations reached over the weekend as too little and lacking guarantees it won't push developing countries further into debt. Nearly 200 countries at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, agreed in the early hours of Nov. 24 to the new goal for funding to assist developing countries decarbonize their economies and adapt to and recover from climate impacts like worsening storms and droughts.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
globalsistersreport.org | Brian Roewe |Doreen Ajiambo
Editor's Note: This story was updated at noon, U.S. central time, with additional reactions. Catholic organizations at the United Nations climate change summit lambasted a new $300 billion funding target that nations reached over the weekend as too little and lacking guarantees it won't push developing countries further into debt. Nearly 200 countries at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, agreed in the early hours of Nov.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
ncronline.org | Brian Roewe |Doreen Ajiambo
Editor's Note: This story was updated at noon, U.S. central time, with additional reactions. Catholic organizations at the United Nations climate change summit lambasted a new $300 billion funding target that nations reached over the weekend as too little and lacking guarantees it won't push developing countries further into debt. Nearly 200 countries at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, agreed in the early hours of Nov.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
ncronline.org | Doreen Ajiambo
Throughout the nearly two weeks of the COP29 climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, religious sisters and women's organizations have worked to ensure decisions made on climate finances adequately address the unique needs of women and girls.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
ncronline.org | Doreen Ajiambo
Debate about how much money countries should direct toward addressing climate change has overlooked the massive spending on weapons and wars, say faith activists here at the United Nations climate conference. The summit in Baku, known as COP29, has centered on climate finance. Nearly 200 countries are expected to secure a deal to increase funding to developing countries to transition to clean energy and adapt to and recover from climate impacts.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
globalsistersreport.org | Doreen Ajiambo
Debate about how much money countries should direct toward addressing climate change has overlooked the massive spending on weapons and wars, say faith activists here at the United Nations climate conference. The summit in Baku, known as COP29, has centered on climate finance. Nearly 200 countries are expected to secure a deal to increase funding to developing countries to transition to clean energy and adapt to and recover from climate impacts.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
globalsistersreport.org | Doreen Ajiambo
As the United Nations climate change conference reached the halfway point, faith organizations urgently appealed for countries to seize the limited time left and set an ambitious new target to finance the transition to clean energy and adaptation measures for a rapidly warming world. With the clock ticking down on COP29 (Nov. 11-22), negotiations concerning a new global climate finance goal — the main objective here in Baku — are at an impasse.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
ncronline.org | Doreen Ajiambo
As the United Nations climate change conference reached the halfway point, faith organizations urgently appealed for countries to seize the limited time left and set an ambitious new target to finance the transition to clean energy and adaptation measures for a rapidly warming world. With the clock ticking down on COP29 (Nov. 11-22), negotiations concerning a new global climate finance goal — the main objective here in Baku — are at an impasse.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
ncronline.org | Maureen K. Day |Michael Sean Winters |Doreen Ajiambo |Rhina Guidos
Fr. Bob Kabat, pastor of St. Matthew Parish in Allouez, Wis., distributes ashes to a young child during Ash Wednesday Mass Feb. 14. Some 53% of American Catholics are "cultural Catholics" who attend Mass "a few times a year" or "seldom or never," while 47% attend monthly or more often. (OSV News/Sam Lucero) What matters most when we reach out to Catholics who do not attend Mass regularly (aka "cultural Catholics")? Everything.
