On the Nov. 20th episode of Reasonably Catholic, we hear from U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro and Jules Hart, producer of the film, Pink Smoke Over the Vatican.
U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro
Jules Hart
Watch the Pink Smoke over the Vatican trailer:
Visit the Pink Smoke Over the Vatican website.
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Hurricane Sandy update:
Staten Island, NY, continues to struggle to recover from the storm. Rev. Gabriella Velardi Ward, a resident of the borough and pastor of St. Praxedis Parish in Manhattan, invites anyone who is able to help to go to https://statenisland.recovers.org.
Gabriella writes:
“There are still people living in high rise buildings who are still without power. So they cannot get out. The disabled and the elderly who cannot get out are running out of medication in addition to many other things. Some people ran out of their homes during the hurricane and are without their medication. So, there are still many needs that one might not realize at first.
“One of the Occupy groups set up a Marriage Registry at Amazon.com for tools and rebuilding equipment.
“There are currently 200 to 300 houses in S.I. that have been condemned and will be demolished. Insurance companies and FEMA is arguing about that. There was a homeless problem here in NYC before the hurricane struck. Now with the newly homeless the shelters are overburdened. And I don’t know if there are plans for long term housing.
“And people are beginning to get sick from a toxic environment, air, land and water.”
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