Sarah Salvadore
Local Knights of Columbus council denounces ...

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump pose outside the St. John Paul II National Shrine June 2 in Washington, the 41st anniversary of beginning of pope's 1979 historic visit to Poland. (CNS/Reuters/Tom Brenner)

Local Knights of Columbus council denounces Trump visit to DC shrine
Race, Politics, Religion
Sarah Salvadore
Catholic activists protest Trump's visit to St. ...

A woman religious and protesters in Washington gather near the Capuchin College June 2 as President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited the nearby St. John Paul II National Shrine. (CNS/Tyler Orsburn)

Catholic activists protest Trump's visit to St. John Paul II Shrine

Environment

Africans call for more action on climate at Religions for Peace summit

Africans call for more action on climate at Religions for Peace summit

A young woman walks through floodwaters March 17 in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique. More than 600 died in Mozambique after a cyclone slammed into the country, submerging entire villages and leaving bodies floating in the floodwaters. (CNS/Reuters/Care International/Josh Estey)

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As climate effects hit coffee crops, Guatemalan farmers become migrants

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Many Central Americans arriving at the U.S. southern border are escaping a toxic mix of gang violence, poverty and corruption. But for record numbers of Guatemalans deciding to emigrate more recently, the root cause appears to be climate change and the devastating effect it has had on that country's coffee crop.