Glacier Retreat Prompts Vatican Approval of New Alpine Ice Prayer

By artappraiser on Sun, 09/23/2012 - 8:54pm |

By Andrew C. Revkin, Dot Earth @ nytimes.com, September 21, 2012

Jack Cushman, a Times journalist with a longstanding interest in the environment, just sent me a recent National Geographic web feature on a Vatican decision, prompted by the warming climate, to approve a change in a centuries-old annual Catholic ritual and prayer in a couple of villages high in the Swiss Alps. The longstanding rite was aimed at stopping the rapid advance of nearby glaciers during a period now called the Little Ice Age. Now, with the glaciers rapidly retreating, the revised prayer speaks of the value of the ice.

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http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/21/glacier-retreat-prompts-vatican-approval-of-new-alpine-ice-prayer/