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A woman without a church learns 'everything belongs' at Richard Rohr's Living School
… call, and the same God." Our paths are never a straight line, they are spirals, Rohr says. Mine has certainly been that. Taken away from the Roman Catholicism of my Italian and Irish … in their lives, and the beginning of something new. There is a student group just behind mine, the 2023 cohort, but none after that. For now, the Living School admissions process has …
Amazon's first cardinal says violence against Indigenous communities is greatest threat to the region
… drug trafficking. "It comes from outside and is a violence motivated by money: deforestation, mining, fishing." According to a report from the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), a group … to the fishermen and miners. Steiner also underscored the human effects of the destructive mining processes that are set to ramp up across the Amazon region in the coming years. Specifically, he condemned the practice of illegal gold mining, which often uses mercury to recover gold fragments mixed within soil. The toxic element …
'We are part of a living nature': Parallels in pope's, Indigenous views of humanity's relationship with creation
… faced in a region known for its biologically diverse forests but devastated by wildcat gold mining. "We ask that you defend us!" Patiachi said. Francis, in turn, asked his audience to hold …
Jordan River, Jesus' baptism site, is today barely a trickle
… river's history and its water have been as politically fraught as holy, and for decades land mines have lurked menacingly on banks that were once a war zone. On the eastern bank, demining of … Israel. On the West Bank, a team from the HALO Trust, a British-American charity, has cleared mines from areas housing churches in the vicinity of the Qasr al-Yahud site as recently as 2020. … churches area remained off-limits and frozen in time for decades. Work began to clear those mines in 2018, but only after three years of building trust and getting onboard all involved, …
Climate protesters target the Vatican's Laocoon statue
… increase its solar and wind power and stop exploring for natural gas and reopening old coal mines in Italy. They affixed a banner to the statue's base reading "No gas, no coal." Last month, …
Violence against Indigenous in Brazil surges, says Catholic council
… rights of native peoples," said the document. According to the report, invasions and mining on Indigenous lands have increased by 180% since Jan. 1, 2019, when President Jair … unfeasible. It also criticized a project by the federal government that would allow mining on Indigenous lands, which CIMI said gave the invaders confidence to advance in their …
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time: Being known by Christ
… reflect and actually represent him in their own context. This is Luke's version of "I know mine and mine know me." Understood from this perspective, we see how Jesus' reply to the question "Will …
Disabled Catholics praise pope's example in publicly using a wheelchair
… duties" using a wheelchair or a cane, "it just reminds me of the goodness of a weak body like mine, because this is one of the holiest people in the world able to love and serve from a …
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: A joyful vision of God's reign
… came that he would be taken up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem" (emphasis mine). Not long after Jesus first told the disciples that the mission they were sharing would …
Amid grief and loss, long-term recovery is on horizon for eastern Kentucky
… St. George Church in Letcher County is providing storage space for Catholic Charities in a mining warehouse for items donated or purchased on pallets. St. George said it needs gallon jugs …
'Synodal spirit is alive in Africa,' say speakers at major theological summit
… a decadelong civil war. "It's an invitation for our people to get together. In a country like mine, we use this as a method where we can bring together people that are broken apart by …
The pope’s apology tour has some conspicuous gaps — let’s start with Junipero Serra
… they could be transformed into citizens, into Christians, while making the land available for mining and agriculture and white settlement. Around the same time as these Spanish missions took …
In Ecuador, Catholic bishops help negotiate end to massive protests
… also demanded respect of their rights and territories, with no further expansion of oil and mining projects, and larger budgets for public education and health care services. "The … of liberation theology in Ecuador and a major advocate of Indigenous rights. "The issue of mining and oil drilling in Indigenous territories — and their consequences — will cause a heated … would risk their territories and endanger the Amazon rainforest. Another decree, dealing with mining projects, was equally opposed by the Indigenous communities. While the government argues …
Editorial: The Vatican acts on climate change, but US bishops dawdle
… drought continues to threaten famine in areas of Africa . Decades of logging and mining in the Amazon region contribute to loss of wildlife habitats and Indigenous homelands, as … policy for all Vatican offices that discouraged "speculative investments" in oil and mining industries and encouraged investment in companies working to protect the environment and …
Brazilian archbishop will be first cardinal from the Amazon region
… In 2018, he also visited Madre de Dios, a region in the Peruvian Amazon devastated by illegal mining and logging. The pope made Steiner archbishop of Manaus just after the Amazon synod ended, …
Gratitude Report - EarthBeat 2022
… environmental conference COP26 was awarded First Place. Campos Lima’s article Illegal gold mining booms in Brazilian Amazon, harming environment, health was awarded First Place. Roewe’s …
Kendrick Lamar's new album reminds us that even prophets are fallible
… surrounded by his family: It's possible it's his way of saying "I know they'll come for me and mine after they hear what I have to say." Perhaps this is the hill he is willing to die on. …
With the planet at 'a breaking point', pope urges decisive action at UN environment summits
… of popular movements, pleading, "In the name of God, I ask the great extractive industries — mining, oil, forestry, real estate, agribusiness — to stop destroying forests, wetlands, and …
Bishops conclude assembly with guidelines to better implement Laudato Si' in East Africa
… and contributions to pollution and environmental degradation caused by the poorly regulated mining industry. "We express deep concern over the rate at which our forests are being depleted … not making enough efforts to replant trees. We are equally concerned about poorly regulated mining and extractive industry activities. All these are contributing to pollution and …
Vatican investments must follow Catholic social teaching, new policy says
… "speculative investments" in controversial sectors, such as commodities, the oil and mining industry, nuclear energy or producers of alcoholic drinks. On the other hand, the policy …