We’ve been through a lot and we are doing a lot. The challenge of ministering in this moment is how to maintain some kind of perspective. During these past three years, I keep coming back to something that Pope Francis said: “Ours is not an age of change, but a change of age.” By Archbishop Gomez, Angelus News
The Bawi family harvests date palms in their grove in the village of Oloveh. According to Abo Ali Bawi, “the fruit of many palm trees has been halved” because of water shortages. Many streams in the town have dried up. Palms need to be watered at least 10 times a year, but the family could water them only three times in 2021. Read more here. (Solmaz Daryani/Commonweal)
