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… Russians threatened to take him into their army. He said he managed to escape death, when a mine exploded in a food market just 20 meters from him. At night through his window he heard the … Was she pulled by the pride she felt for her son and fearful that an artillery shell or a mine explosion would take it all away? As I listened to Constantine and the others tell their … like one of my old seminary teachers, he said, "Putin."  His answer may have been better than mine. But we both may have been a little off the mark. Yes, both historical figures have played a …

… does not make mistakes. Each person is a representation of our creator. As a priest friend of mine once told me, "quit putting God in a box."  If only the church could throw out all of its …

… have increasingly focused attention on the financial sector that provides the capital for new mining and drilling for coal, oil and gas around the globe. In order to meet the Paris … "Indigenous peoples hold 80% of earth's remaining biodiversity — we are the canary in the mine of humanity," Houska said in a statement. "[Citigroup's] big oil clients are destroying our …

… just a loophole" — and that the church's pro-life position "had no room for experiences like mine." "Even though through that whole ordeal I was leaning on my faith to sustain me, I couldn't …

… I saw such actions as my complicity in the sexual contact. In other words, the sin was mine. For a young teenager, these instances of sexual abuse infused by his attention, affection …

… for which I sent it. That chapter was read at both my parents' funerals and it will be read at mine. If there is a more beautiful chapter of Scripture, I do not know it. The Easter Vigil was …

… non-human creatures. According to womanist ethicist Melanie L. Harris, eco-memories — such as mine and Clifton's — can serve as counter narratives to dominant, oppressive master narratives. …

… which draws from relevant writing already available on the internet, had lots of data to mine. Its analysis, too, is nuanced and raises important ethical issues.  Notably missing from …

… Caritas Madre de Dios in Peru, noted the ongoing problems that extractive industries such as mining and deforestation are having on economically impoverished communities in Peru — …

… do not.  Also in the U.S., a lay group is tracking clergy using gay dating apps, hiring data-mining services to turn up embarrassing findings.  So, what’s a Catholic to do? Some bishops and …

… that," she said.  Of Cordileone and abortion, Pelosi said, "I figure that's his problem, not mine, because I had five children in six years and one week," she said. Pelosi said that the U.S. …

… A Native American group that's trying to stop an effort to build one of the largest copper mines in the United States told a full federal appeals court panel Tuesday that the project would … U.S. federal government plans for a land swap that will allow Resolution Copper to build the mine will destroy the land in eastern Arizona known as Oak Flat, "barring the Apaches from ever … a last-minute provision included in a must-pass defense bill in 2014. The swap would give the mining company 3.75 square miles (9.71 square kilometers) of national forest land in exchange for …

… Gulf War was raging. The first iPhone appeared and social media was in its infancy. AI, data mining and gene editing were not yet things.  Human-caused climate change was a theory still in …

… is costing us a great deal, including experiences of the presence of the living God. "Mine," she writes, "is the God of sunrise and nightfall, the breath behind birdsong and breeze in the oaks. Mine is the God of a thousand voices, a thousand lights and gazillions of colors. Whether I …

… the Democratic Republic of Congo in February, Francis said , "Stop choking Africa: It is not a mine to be stripped or a terrain to be plundered," referring to the exploitation of Congo's … mineral resources by countries such as China and the United States. Nzumbu, who began studying mining in the Congo after he witnessed the devastating impacts of mineral-driven wars on his …

… Indigenous peoples driven from their Amazon homelands as tropical forests are felled for mining and agriculture; Pacific Island communities displaced by rising seas; migrants from …

… You and your ilk are a "witness against the ministry of the Church." This issue of using data mining to catch priests on hookup apps emerged in July 2021 when the website The Pillar outed …

… have deteriorated in recent years, particularly due to a booming industry for gold and copper mining in the region. Ryan said the nearby Lake Titicaca has been especially affected by contamination. "Mining is destroying the rivers, which the people see as Pachamama's veins," Ryan said, using the …

… green technologies. "Hands off Africa!" he declared. "Stop choking Africa: It is not a mine to be stripped or a terrain to be plundered." It was a moment that "Congolese women and men … Global South and the first from South America, delivered a similar refutation of exploitative mining and extractive practices during his January 2018 visit to the small city of Puerto …

… acidification, illegal fishing and overfishing. It also expressed concern over deep-sea mining. Other tragedies include the plight of immigrants who travel by sea, human trafficking …