‘Grim but not hopeless’: Catholics reflect as 2024 is hottest year on record

Each third Thursday of the month, a small group of devotees to the ecological vision of Passionist Fr. Thomas Berry congregates online for a night of reflection, conversation and community. The topic for their first gathering in 2025 was a weighty one: the state of the Earth.

“No matter where you go, whatever temperatures you check, they're all going the same direction — and they're increasing,” said Br. Kevin Cawley, the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers' main representative at the United Nations and executive director of the Thomas Berry Forum for Ecological Dialogue at Iona University, which hosted the Jan. 16 event.

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