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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 17h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · 1d

🙏🏾 We were grateful to move in faith and solidarity with our partners @caritaseuropa.bsky.social @cidse.bsky.social @laudatosinl.bsky.social @catholicclimate.bsky.social and many more.

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Taproot Earth @taprootearth.bsky.social · 1d

🌏 “God will ask if we have cared for the world and one another. What will our answer be?” — Pope Leo XIV.
Taproot Earth joined global faith + climate leaders at the Raising Hope Conference in Italy to uplift frontline voices and the cry of the Earth + the Poor. 💧🌱 #LaudatoSi10

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@mangrovesmatter.bsky.social @mangrovesmatter.bsky.social · 4d

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@mangrovesmatter.bsky.social @mangrovesmatter.bsky.social · 4d

First #RedStart warbler of the season. Perhaps , this is an indication. Maybe they are telling us something . Times are changing. From the Panhandle to the Keys, Floridians want fair maps and fair elections. Make your voice heard — call your legislator today. #ProtectTheVote

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@mangrovesmatter.bsky.social @mangrovesmatter.bsky.social · 5d

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Say NO to Mid-Decade Redistricting in Florida!

YouTube video by League of Women Voters Broward County

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National Catholic Reporter @ncronline.bsky.social · 6d

The Sisters of St. Joseph's Mirabeau Water Garden in New Orleans is under construction, creating an opportunity to utilize the city's excess rainwater.

Developers wanted their land. Instead, sisters are turning it into a rainwater repository.

The Sisters of St. Joseph's Mirabeau Water Garden in New Orleans is under construction, creating an opportunity to utilize the city's excess rainwater.

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National Catholic Reporter @ncronline.bsky.social · 5d

Sarah Mullally, the bishop of London, was announced Friday as Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time a woman has been chosen as the spiritual leader of the Church of England. https://bit.ly/3VLit5V

Sarah Mullally named the first female Archbishop of Canterbury

The process for Mullally was an 11-month marathon presided over by a committee of some 20 people chaired by the former director-general of MI5, Britain’s domestic spy agency. The process only began wi...

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 6d

Due to the yellow weather warning of high winds forecast for tomorrow (Sat 4 October) we have made the decision to cancel this year’s Fungi Field Day. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. [1/3]

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@mangrovesmatter.bsky.social @mangrovesmatter.bsky.social · 5d

Glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada are likely disappearing for the first time in the Holocene | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada are likely disappearing for the first time in the Holocene

The projected loss of glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada is likely unprecedented in at least the past 30,000 years.

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Tiffany Stanley @tiffanystanley.bsky.social · 5d

Largest U.S. Lutheran denomination to install Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop. apnews.com/article/blac...

Largest US Lutheran denomination to install Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installs the Rev. Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop on Saturday, marking a historic moment for the predominantly white denomination.

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At Laudato Si' conference, Catholics stress hope, heart to animate church on climate www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati... #ACTIVEHOPE

At Laudato Si' conference, Catholics stress hope, heart to animate church on climate

"In the face of this deepening crisis, how do we dare raise hope? Our answer is this: We do it together," said Yeb Sano, board director for the Laudato Si' Movement.

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Thomas Reese @thomasreesesj.bsky.social · 6d

Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges religionnews.com/2025/10/03/t...

Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges

Robert Preston Morris, 64, entered the pleas before a judge in Oklahoma’s Osage County as part of a plea agreement, according to the state attorney general’s office.

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Fossil Fuel Treaty @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 8d

🌍 “We inhabit the same planet and we must care for it together.” 

On the opening day of the #RaisingHope Conference, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV renewed a powerful call for unity around integral ecology and peace.

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Fossil Fuel Treaty @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 7d

✊ Así como la cooperación internacional logró prohibir amenazas globales como las armas nucleares o las sustancias que destruyen la capa de ozono, hoy Colombia abre la puerta para poner fin a la era de los combustibles fósiles y defender la vida con soluciones concretas.

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Fossil Fuel Treaty @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 7d

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✊ Just as international cooperation succeeded in banning global threats such as nuclear weapons and ozone-depleting substances, today Colombia is opening the door to ending the era of fossil fuels and defending life with concrete solutions.

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Fossil Fuel Treaty @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 6d

Faith leaders have a powerful role to play in shaping climate action. 🌍

Community, faith, and grassroots voices together can shift the balance from vested interests to people and planet. ✊  #RaisingHope

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@mangrovesmatter.bsky.social @mangrovesmatter.bsky.social · 6d

www.broward.org/Kids/Pages/K... Let us see: - living things transform polluted air.
-soaking up extra heat or calming storms.
-An organism whose favorite food is particles that don’t belong in the air or spreads to protect other living things from pollution. Pictured is an epiphyte .