Water Archives

Group’s filters help Navajo Nation have safe drinking water amid pandemic

Jun 2, 2020

As the coronavirus digs deeper into Navajo Nation, infecting Native Americans at a higher rate than anywhere in the country, 1,500 miles away a nonprofit in the Archdiocese of Louisville is working to ease the suffering.

By Ruby Thomas

Vatican publishes document on right to water access

Mar 31, 2020

Access to clean water is an essential human right that must be defended and protected, the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development said in a new document.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

No soap, let alone proper medical equipment: Missionary fears affect of COVID-19 in Mozambique

Mar 26, 2020

ROSARIO, Argentina – As many in the United States and across Europe worry over hoarding toilet paper to face the uncertainties of the coronavirus pandemic, a missionary priest in Africa is worried that most in his community don’t have soap in their homes and no one has running water. “The

By Inés San Martín

With help of crop-duster, Louisiana parish blesses town with holy water

Dec 28, 2019

Members of St. Anne Parish in Cow Island, Louisiana, gave their neighbors a Christmas blessing from the heavens, so to speak.

By Dennis Sadowski

Science project sparked Colorado girl’s water project for town in Kenya

Aug 11, 2019

In 2014, a science project sparked the compassion of a 10-year-old girl from Colorado. So, she set out on a walk that would change the lives of an entire town of people in Kenya.

By Elizabeth Bachmann