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In global fight against fracking, faith community should lead
… heard much of the opposition to the process of hydraulic fracturing as a means of natural gas mining, with many denominations and interfaith groups joining the efforts. That includes women … and streams, polluting waterways and rendering the region useless for human use beyond energy mining. Reclamation of the land meant simply taking grass seeds and spreading them to cover up …
Song dropped from hymnal sparks atonement debate
… satisfied. Bob Terry, editor of The Alabama Baptist newspaper, stepped into a theological land mine when he wrote an editorial saying Presbyterians got it right. Terry said he believes Jesus' …
Morning Briefing
… church. Tamil Nadu, India -- … Catholic, Protestant bishops on different sides of gov't sand mining ban … Chicago's Archbishop at the Barricades … Francis George is not going gently into …
Philadelphia to sell nursing homes to help stabilize church finances
… consultation. In the end, any final decisions about our nursing homes and cemeteries will be mine. They'll be made with full and due considerations to the mission of our local church and …
Faith calls for being silly, naive in order to be Christ-like
… Bill Tammeus … A Catholic priest friend of mine -- well, he's a monsignor, but he wears the title lightly -- recently had cause to ask …
Church of England under fire for potential fracking profits
… own. In parts of England, laws dating back to the Norman Conquest give the church rights to mines and minerals under privately owned land. A new law sets a deadline for registering historic …
Gandhi's daily Scripture readings for peace
… course to its doom. They are forever free who have broken out of the ego-cage of "I" and "mine" to be united with the Lord of Love. This is the supreme state. Attain thou this and pass … love are incapable of ill will and return love for hatred. Living beyond the reach of "I" and "mine," and of pain and pleasure, Full of mercy, contented, self-controlled, of firm resolve, With …
Vatican overseer preaches to LCWR on Mary's submission to God
… even in the earliest days. And two of the earliest words we learn to say are “no” and “mine.” Those words become, in many ways, sort of a model that we have to overcome as time goes …
Catholic congresswoman Lindy Boggs dies at 97
… in 1946) are buried, the roll of the drums was heard as the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” -- “Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory” -- was sung as her casket was carried down the aisle of the …
Vatican religious prefect: 'New attitude' needed with nuns
… coordination happening, working together and showing interest on your part and not only on mine. This is a good thing --a very good thing. It pleases me that no limits were set on what …