Environment

Filipino Catholic groups call for preserving Sierra Madre

The nation’s longest mountain range protected many provinces from the floods and landslides caused by Super Typhoon Noru

Vietnamese Catholics ready to aid storm victims

Typhoon Noru forces hundreds of thousands to flee their homes in the central provinces

Filipino Church groups seek aid for typhoon survivors

Typhoon Noru, the strongest storm to hit the country this year, has killed at least six, toppled trees and flooded areas

Six Filipinos killed in powerful typhoon

The Philippines is regularly ravaged by storms, with scientists warning they are becoming more powerful because of climate change

One killed as another typhoon nears Japan

Japan is currently in its typhoon season, and faces around 20 such storms a year

Korean Catholic nuns live 'Laudato Si'

Notre Dame nuns pursue organic farming methods and an eco-friendly lifestyle to attain ecological spirituality

Church, activists hail Philippine mining project closure

The US$ 5.9 billion project could have displaced hundreds of indigenous people and triggered flooding, environmental groups say

Drought in Lower Mekong is over, agency says

Region has been inundated with floods over recent weeks and the Mekong River Commission says three years of drought is over

Rain, landslides kill 48 in Nepal and India

More than 100 houses were buried in a torrent of mud in western Nepal

Lawyer who represented big energy now wants them to pay

Bill Hunter once represented oil and coal companies, but now wants those corporations to foot the bill for climate repair

Indian Catholics form human chain against Kerala port

17-km chain saw Catholic community show united front in support of protesting fishermen in Vizhinjam

New inland sea swamps Pakistan's Sindh province

Some 100,000 people are displaced by this new body of water, brought by record rains and the Indus River overflowing

Filipino Catholic groups call for preserving Sierra Madre

Pakistan Church demands criminalizing torture

The truth behind Japan's Abe state funeral protests

More Japanese women decline to be mothers

Vietnamese Catholics ready to aid storm victims

Iran protest death toll tops 75 as crackdown intensifies