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A woman passes by a #COP29 sign during the U.N. climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 11, 2024. (OSV News/Reuters/Maxim Shemetov)

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Rescuers work at Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, July 8, after it was severely damaged during Russian missile strikes. At least 31 were killed and over 135 injured as Russian bombers pummeled Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities that day with more than 40 missiles and guided aerial bombs. (OSV News/Reuters/Oleksandr Ratushniakters)

Faith

Make clean energy, not wars, faith activists tell world leaders at climate summit

Debate about how much money countries should direct toward addressing climate change has overlooked the massive spending on weapons and wars, say faith activists at the U.N. climate conference in Azerbaijan.

Doreen Ajiambo

Damaged school buildings affected by the Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano eruption are seen in Flores Timur, Indonesia, Nov. 4, 2024. At least 10 people, including a Catholic nun, have been killed in the volcanic eruption on Indonesia's predominantly Catholic Flores Island. (OSV News photo/Pemulet Paul, Antara Foto via Reuters)

Science

Catholic nun among 10 killed in Indonesian volcano eruption

Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki in south Asian country spewed ash and lava Nov. 3, peppering the surrounding areas with fireballs.

Climate activists demonstrate inside Baku Stadium at the United Nations climate change conference, COP29, on Nov. 16. A major focus is a new climate finance target, with developing nations calling on developed nations to deliver trillions of dollars in the next decade. (UN Climate Change/Habib Samadov)

Politics

As clock ticks, faith groups press COP29 to deliver ambitious climate finance target

As the U.N. climate change conference reached the halfway point, faith groups appealed for countries to set an ambitious new target to finance the transition to clean energy and adaptation measures for a rapidly warming world.

Doreen Ajiambo

Justice

Catholic sisters at COP29 uplift unequal ways climate change impacts women

"The climate crisis is not gender-neutral. Women and girls disproportionately bear the brunt of climate change, yet their voices remain largely underrepresented in climate decision-making," said Jemimah Njuki, U.N. Women's chief of women's economic empowerment.

Doreen Ajiambo

Mary Beth Keenan's daughter touches daffodils in their yard. (Courtesy of Mary Beth Keenan)

Small Earth Stories

Faith and a forest preschool help our family care for creation

Mary Beth Keenan

After "Bluey," the Holy Spirit and Google led this mom to enroll her 3-year-old in a forest school, her whole family learned more about caring for creation and cultivating community — with human and nonhuman friends.

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