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Sombreros, baseball caps and new friendships: Vignettes from World Youth Day
… by other pilgrims, a group of students from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh camped out by a tree. They noticed a reporter's Boston Red Sox hat and said hello. "Just being with thousands and …
Pope to young people: To tackle life's ups and downs, look to the elderly
… by hopes, we fulfill projects and dreams, the most beautiful of which is becoming like that tree, which doesn't live for itself but makes shade for who wants it and offers space for who … a nest," said Francis. He said that grandparents and grandchildren "grow together" like the tree and the birds that settle in its branches, where they "learn the warmth of home and …
Carry your cross through a blanket of fog
… as suddenly as it had appeared, the fog vanished, and I saw the road. I was overjoyed to see trees on one side, and some lanes across the metal divider on the other side of the highway! I …
Clone of Sisters model women's diaconal ministry in the Amazon
… Paraná River was a welcome respite for Karipuna children. The Karipuna do not cut down their trees for profit and do not participate in the sale of carbon credits, which would mean … Paraná River. An hour into the trip, signs of destruction became achingly visible. Lush, dense trees turn into deforested lonely landscapes. To spend time in the Amazon is to become aware of …
Sisters model women's diaconal ministry in the Amazon
… Paraná River was a welcome respite for Karipuna children. The Karipuna do not cut down their trees for profit and do not participate in the sale of carbon credits, which would mean … Paraná River. An hour into the trip, signs of destruction became achingly visible. Lush, dense trees turn into deforested lonely landscapes. To spend time in the Amazon is to become aware of …
An indigo morning among singing hills and simple stone at Nonnberg Abbey
… opened before us as we hiked upward; the sky grew lighter as birds began to sing in the bare trees. Finally, we rounded our last bend to see the ancient Nonnberg Abbey to our right and the …
Pope visits summer camp for kids of Vatican employees
… held up a large colorful poster the kids made showing a large hornet's nest hanging in a tree surrounded by bees and the words, "You help us to 'bee' heroes," reflecting the theme of …
Pipestone carvers preserve revered Native spiritual tradition in Minnesota prairie
… it would make itself unavailable to all. The colorful prayer ties and flags hung from trees alongside the trails that lead around the pink and red rocks testify to the continued …
The death penalty in the US is modern-day lynching
… and lynching." Though the term "lynching" evokes images of a Black person hanging from a tree, the NAACP defines lynching as any public killing of an individual who has not received any …
My Latina heritage has given me a spirituality of the feminine
… Sacred practices tell us that we are loved and that we belong in this wild, sprawling family tree. Every family is plagued with trauma and history; mine is no different. It had to have been …
Revise a self-centered spirituality with this daily ecological examen
… This takes courage, whether we're afraid of excommunication or simply of being derided as "tree huggers," because it makes Mary's insistence that the powerful be cast from their thrones …
Reaching for mango: A gay Filipino American Catholic considers the synodal church
… shared with me an Indian saying she learned as a child: If you want to pick a mango from the tree above your head, you have to let go of what you are holding under your arm in your armpit. …
Mining plans endanger Arizona's Oak Flat, sacred land to some Native Americans
… Azee Romero climbed barefoot on the wrinkled trunk of the massive Emory oak tree at the center of the Oak Flat Campground. The 5-year-old in his black dinosaur t-shirt with … as if he'd just climbed onto the lap of a grandparent. In fact, that centuries-old oak tree and the ground below it — the sacred, ancestral flats that stretch for miles east of Phoenix … for birds and other animals. It's where Native people gather acorns that drop from the oak trees before crushing them into an edible powder, and pick red sumac berries for a refreshing, …
How my Catholic faith and Mohawk heritage teach me to embrace sustainable living
… also fashioned a homemade oratory in the woods, securing a cross of sticks in the trunk of a tree by a stream for prayer when she could not attend Mass. "We have forgotten that we …
Irish bishops ask parishes to conserve 30% of property for pollinators, biodiversity
… and they have created a garden that's flourishing between pollinating, vegetable growing and tree planting," she said. "They have a small team of just four people who manage it once a week." … for the last 10 years, and every couple that has married, have been gifted a native Irish tree. "Over 1,300 trees have been planted in Clane as a result of the sacramental life of the church," he said. "If …
Wildfires have always occurred, but experts say warming climate is increasing severity
… number of factors, including temperature, humidity, and the lack of moisture in fuels, such as trees, shrubs, grasses, and forest debris. All these factors have strong direct or indirect ties … Our world is changing." Wildfires have always occurred, but landscapes — both soil and trees — are now often more thoroughly damaged, making it more difficult for them to regenerate. …
Despite pope's pleas, survey finds US Catholics support fossil fuel expansion more than rest of country
… heat pump system or an electric water heater. On other climate solutions, planting 1 trillion trees to absorb carbon emissions has near universal support (89%). Most Americans also favor …
Communities and planet benefit when we save church buildings on the brink
… construction material. So that's everything from digging it out of the ground or cutting the tree down, transporting it to be processed, the actual processing of it, then the transporting …
'Grief is the price you pay for love'
… We're widowers now. Len is a mensch and Gary is as sweet as the good fruit on the biblical fig tree. I always get scrambled eggs with bacon. Len gets a turkey club, and Gary studies the menu …
Kenya diocese's coffee farm spreads conservation skills to local community
… by hills, valleys, dirt roads and vast, uncultivated, semi-arid lands dotted with acacia trees and cacti sits the Archdiocese of Nyeri 's Nyeri Hill Farm . Approximately 103 miles (166 … seen an increase in production from 88 ounces (2.5 kilograms) to 352 ounces (10 kilograms) per tree. And to conserve water, Nyeri Hill Farm has invested in a water recycling system that … to battle the effects of climate change and boost the government agenda of planting 15 billion trees in the next 10 years . According to AfricanNews , the region has suffered almost three …