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From the edges inward
… explaining this initiative, I find myself at times using the old metaphor of the canary in the mine shaft. The health of that canary is the measure of our own health. The health of the sisters …
There is a promise to keep in Belize
… to God's call in our lives -- in her case by opening her home to a group of visitors and in mine by taking a group of students on a service trip. During the week we were in Belize, we …
Turkson to talk to both sides in GMO debate
… his mother struggle to support him and his nine siblings. "The community we grew up in was a mining community," he said. "There wasn't that much room for any gardening ... My mother went and …
Hundreds gather for talk on 'Francis Factor' at Georgetown
… Holy Thursday washing the feet of young people in prison. "He'd say don't waste your time or mine," Carr said. "Well, I can't wait for the next chapter." Francis also appeared to aid the …
Cardinal says archdiocese, city mourn death of 'beloved' Bishop Lyne
… during an interview in June. "I think sometimes people find their vocation hard. I've enjoyed mine. I have always been very grateful to God for my priesthood." Lyne "was recognized as a young …
Diplomats; atheists; Newark, N.J.; and the war on Christians
… was, by itself, worth the price of admission. Among other things, he explained how Chinese mining companies have fallen upon his native Ghana in the fever of a gold rush, polluting rivers …
The church should be a hospital for sinners
… him, like Matthew. ... He holds onto his money as if to say, 'No, not me! No, this money is mine.' Here, this is me, a sinner on whom the Lord has turned his gaze. ... I am a sinner, but I …
Church World Service humanitarian fought hunger, poverty at home and abroad
… because many entered the pulse of mainstream life. One of their numbers was a colleague of mine, Marie Varley, a former Caldwell Dominican sister who for years served as the New Jersey and …
The Pope's Remarkable Interview
… sought to reduce our religion to ethics. That reduction has been a principal concern of mine at this blog. Pope Francis says it neatly: “The dogmatic and moral teachings of the Church …
Petition lobbies for woman's ability to keep rescued deer, raccoons
… corporate destruction of rainforests and West Virginia mountaintops for cattle grazing; coal mining; the expansion of our wealthy suburbs with their McMansions and five-car garages; and our …