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American conservatives don't understand the late Pope Benedict's legacy
… think charity or philanthropy are a sufficient response to injustice: 'I cannot give what is mine to the other, without first giving him what pertains to him in justice.' " Anthony Annett , …
My encounters with Joseph Ratzinger — and Pope Benedict XVI
… story would be interesting but not important in judging the legacy of Joseph Ratzinger. Sadly, mine is only one of hundreds of examples of the repression of free inquiry by reporters and …
Where is the newborn king of the Jews?
… frankincense and myrrh. There is the gift of God's son, Jesus Christ — as a writer friend of mine put it, "the present of his presence." And there is the enduring gift of faith. The Magi …
This Christmas, Holy Land Christians need Americans to remember them
… is also tragic for Jews and Muslims. The Christian community is the proverbial "canary in the mine." Its waning presence is a sign of the intensity of the underlying political conflict that …
New devotional book centers the liberation of Black lives as a sacred matter
… touch lives beyond the pulpit. The authors suggest that we are all responsible for minding and mining our words to engender how we delight in the Lord. Within Psalms for Black Lives there is …
Indigenous leaders press for their land rights as COP15 debates ecosystem protection areas
… to halt destruction of ecosystems and species loss from increasing extractive practices like mining and logging, and that these areas also play an important role in limiting the impacts of …
Catholics in the Amazon hope COP15 generates projects in favor of forest
… commodity." He said countries must put a moratorium on projects that include fossil fuels and mining. Vieira agreed. "It is important that governments and companies make a commitment to …
New Rome conference on Gospel nonviolence could serve as push for papal encyclical
… work as the leader of a women's group fighting the earth polluting practices of the Canadian mining company, Goldcorp. Zoughbi Zoughbi, Director of the Wi'am (Agape) Conflict Transformation …
Dioceses in southern Philippines want government to ban mining
… southern Philippines have called on the country's lawmakers to draft a law to impose a ban on mining across the entire Mindanao region. In a joint statement Nov. 28, the Archdiocese of Davao and the dioceses of Digos, Tagum, and Mati urged lawmakers to revoke 39 mining licenses in the region to protect the environment and public health, reported ucanews.com …
Shawnee Daniels-Sykes, pioneer of Black Catholic womanist ethics, dies
… of her life. She was 61 years old at the time of her death. "With a diagnosis as lethal as mine was, you have to keep a positive attitude and a desire to fight," she said in an interview …
Multifaith community mobilizes to preserve creation ahead of COP15 biodiversity summit
… a conservationist who has worked with Franciscans in her native Bolivia, where logging and mining have decimated forests, mountains and waterways, and populations along river systems are …
Across the US, Native Americans are fighting to preserve sacred land
… land from being transferred to Resolution Copper, a company owned by the British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto. Now, at a three-day meeting that began Nov. 30, Apache Stronghold is … religion and spirituality, the history of colonization and capitalism, and the destruction mining wreaks on a landscape. The summit will also highlight the efforts tribes are making to … Faron Owl, a councilman of the Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe that halted an attempt to build a gold mine, but has initiated another effort against a proposed project on the land the tribe considers …
Links: Latin Mass; GOP post-mortems; professional wrestlers and the 'progressive liberal'
… report on two professional wrestlers who created the perfect anti-hero for bouts in the former mining cities of Appalachia: the "progressive liberal." When they started the character in 2017, …
Apaches get rehearing in fight to preserve Oak Flat, a sacred site in Arizona
… of land east of Phoenix that a private venture is seeking to turn into an underground copper mine. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced Nov. 17 that it will rehear the case in … with the transfer of Oak Flat to Resolution Copper, a company owned by the British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto. It ruled that Apache Stronghold, a nonprofit working to protect Oak … according to the ruling. Apache Stronghold founder Wendsler Nosie Sr. said Resolution Copper's mine will swallow the site in a massive crater and render "longstanding religious practices …
The enneagram can draw us to God as we understand ourselves and others better
… understanding personalities and behavior motivations has always been a keen passion of mine. Growing up, I used to be very into astrology, but it was actually my psychology education …
African bishops: No climate justice without land justice
… recommended climate actions that prioritize equitable and just changes in agricultural and mining sectors. They called for the inclusion of Indigenous communities and their leaders as key …
Remembering Fr. Michael Doyle's love for transformation
… you want to have a neighborhood, you’ve got to have owners. That was no big, genius thought of mine to start the Heart of Camden. It was simply a guy having to move, and out of that came the …
Ukrainian archbishop tells pope Russia wants to destroy, not negotiate
… they have spoken on the phone many times. Shevchuk gave the pope "a fragment of a Russian mine that destroyed the facade of the Ukrainian Catholic church building in the town of Irpin, …
Movie celebrates Emmett Till as beloved Black boy before lynching
… as the mothers of state violence victims turn their grief into a journey of being coerced into mining their children's death for moral importance. Mamie's actions, however, were …
Ethiopian cardinal says he hopes peace agreement will end war
… a permanent cease-fire, which includes cessation of covert and overt violence, laying of land mines, sabotage and airstrikes. The agreement mandates the government to provide humanitarian aid …