As floods strike eastern Africa, church leaders hope for concrete COP28 climate actions

NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) -- Ahead of COP28, the U.N. climate change conference, Catholic leaders in Africa called for decisive action against climate change, as churches and agencies moved to aid people affected by floods. The flooding -- linked to the El Niño phenomenon caused by warming of the ocean surface -- has killed dozens

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