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Faith leaders testify in support of EPA's Clean Power Plan
… have begun to lose jobs. There are already regulations in place that control the local coal mining industry, Dingess said. He added that people come from all over to go on the local ATV trails, hunt, fish and float down the area's rivers and streams. Coal mining "affects nothing as far as our atmosphere," said Dingess, who did not attend the …
'Quitting is not love. God doesn't quit'
… shell, like a turtle or a snail. Sometimes, I become angry, which does not help. A friend of mine who runs family constellation workshops remarked that people who have a wounded inner child …
Episcopal church celebrates 40 years of women in the priesthood
… own ministry. They felt men were being demonized as the enemy while their own experience (and mine) was of men who had often been their champions. I sat there realizing I was somehow in the …
Catholics get 'The Message' in new edition of Bible
… by that of Alice Camille, a Catholic author, columnist and educator. "The translators have mined these familiar pages for their original gold, uncovering the humor buried in what normally …
Morning Briefing
… Toowoomba, Australia -- … Bishop forced to retire publishes memoir … -- Like the canary in the mine, Morris' dismissal warned of the toxic culture. His book is magnanimous. Thinking straight? …
Earth Mama sings in the key of 'green'
… is a poignant heartbreaker, recounting how bank takeovers, irresponsible development, mining and mountaintop removal have wiped out entire towns and destroyed communities. In the …
USCCB response to LGBT nondiscrimination order worse than expected
… you do so and form your own opinion before continuing with this column in which I shall share mine. The statement would have been fine if it had been issued by The Becket Fund for Religious …
Editorial: Why won't the US sign a land mine treaty?
… planners. Generals, it seems, don't like civilians telling them how to do their jobs. Land mines are one of the most indiscriminate military devices. These inexpensive and mobile battle … Campaign to Ban Landmines, drawing up the Ottawa Treaty, also known as the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention or the Mine Ban Treaty. The treaty called for the end to the development, …
Former chancellor: Twin Cities archdiocese 'far, far from best practice' on abuse
… to Archbishop John Nienstedt. Haselberger called that case "the proverbial 'canary in the coal mine,' which should have caused us to question whether we could expect to maintain any type of …
'Excuse me, excuse me - you are not listening to me'
… of the nuclear age lives on in New Mexico, which has more than 450 of some 520 abandoned mines and mills in the U.S., according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The sites are the …
Fr. Thomas Berry's memory continues to bloom
… needed in our present world to heal the damage to the environment brought on by fossil fuel mining and corporate growth. Among the speakers was Mike Bell, a former Passionist who studied …