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  CNN & AccuWeather: Sugar Drinks and Hot Weather Scientists find a surprising reason why people are eating more sugar Hotter weather makes bodies lose more water, causing people to crave hydration and cooling. By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) —  Ice creams, frozen desserts and super-chilled sodas take on a new appeal in  sticky summer heat . As climate change drives hotter temperatures, Americans are consuming more and more of them, new  research  finds, with worrying health consequences. There is plenty of evidence climate change will shape food availability and quality, leading to  shortages ,  price increases  and even affecting  nutritional value , said Pan He, a study author and a lecturer in environmental science and sustainability at Cardiff University. But far less is known about its effects on what we choose to eat and drink, she told CNN. The researchers   scoured US household food purchasing data between 2004 to 2019 allowing...

  The following article was published in the  Church Life Journal , of the McGrath Institute for Church Life, part of the University of Notre Dame: Religious Transmission: A Solution to the Church's Biggest Problem   The regular text below summarizes the article, often directly quoting to give the flavor of the author's comments. The boxes give my analysis and review of the article. The Catholic Churches Biggest Problem??? For over fifty years, the General Social Survey has asked a large, representative sample of Americans a battery of questions, including questions about religion. These data reveal a major problem—indeed, arguably the single biggest problem—for the Catholic Church in the United States. In 1973, 84% of all those raised Catholic still identified as Catholic when surveyed as adults. In 2002, that figure was 74%. By 2022, it had dropped to 62%. More and more of those raised Catholic are leaving. Pew has recently done a fine study of Catholic Identity that I ...

  The Current State of Climate Science

   Envisioning a Livable Future The Current State of Climate Science What’s happening? Are we too late? Can we bend the curve even now? What has changed since 2015? Further, what needs to be done, by when, and how to do it? Speakers:  Katharine Hayhoe, Chief Scientist for the Nature Conservancy & Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professor and Endowed Chair in Public Policy and Public Law, Texas Tech University Ben Sovacool, Director of the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability and Professor of Earth & Environment, Boston University Nancy Tuchman, Founding Dean of the Loyola University Chicago School of Sustainability and Professor of Biology, Loyola University Chicago

The following article was published in the Church Life Journal , of the McGrath Institute for Church Life, part of the University of Notre Dame: Religious Transmission: A Solution to the Church's Biggest Problem   The text below summarizes the article, often directly quoting to give the flavor of the author's comments. The boxes give my analysis and review of the article. For over fifty years, the General Social Survey has asked a large, representative sample of Americans a battery of questions, including questions about religion. These data reveal a major problem—indeed, arguably the single biggest problem—for the Catholic Church in the United States. In 1973, 84% of all those raised Catholic still identified as Catholic when surveyed as adults. In 2002, that figure was 74%. By 2022, it had dropped to 62%. More and more of those raised Catholic are leaving. Pew has recently done a fine study of Catholic Identity that I have reviewed in my post:   US Catholicism: The...

From Commonweal Magazine   Handing on the Faith: Are Catholic Enclaves the Answer? Paul Baumann August 30, 2025 This article is a response to the following article in Church Life Journal , where Michael Rota and Stephen Bullivant have an analysis of why those who are raised Catholic continue to flee the Church in extraordinary numbers and what might stanch the exodus. Religious Transmission: A Solution to the Church's Biggest Problem