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Ideologues on the court threaten the nation's health
… purpose of ordering their own lives in accordance with their religious principles" (emphasis mine). Paragraph 7 begins: "The right to religious freedom is exercised in human society: hence …
Links: Profiles in courage, pornography floods Parler
… Joe Biden's Catholicism and Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory. The segment before mine featured Frank Rich discussing why he thinks the GOP will learn nothing from Trump's …
How Biden deals with stuttering reveals his character
… as a reminder that everyone carries his or her own burdens — most of them a lot bigger than mine — and nobody deserves to be made to feel smaller for having them, and nobody should be …
UN secretary general: Without the US in the Paris Agreement, humanity faces climate 'suicide'
… I was in government [as the prime minister of Portugal], we had to close all the coal mines," he recalled. "We did everything we could to make sure that those who were working in those mines would have their futures guaranteed." The "cycle of oil as the key engine of the world …
AOC's favorite biblical story is mired in a dark, anti-Jewish past
… with money and power. Prevailing conspiracy theories of unduly influential Jews continue to mine the story, say scholars with expertise in early church history and Jewish-Christian …
EarthBeat Weekly: World's hunger for gold deadly for miners, environment
… people were injured and more than 60 were left homeless by a landslide Wednesday at a gold mine in the Esmeraldas region on Ecuador's north coast. There are more than 50 small mines in the same area — some legal, many illegal, and all operating under conditions that are … story is not uncommon. With international gold prices high, this kind of low-tech, high-risk mining has spread around the globe. The World Bank estimates that this style of mining employs at …
Nuclear weapons are illegal: 50 nations ratify historic UN treaty
… across the world, those who have suffered radioactive harm from nuclear testing, from uranium mining, from secret experimentation." ICAN Executive Director Beatrice Fihn stated : "Decades of …
EU Catholic leaders urge tougher policies to protect Arctic
… urged tougher policies to protect its biodiversity and Indigenous communities. As exploration, mining, investment and military activities increase, predatory practices also can increase, said …
McCarrick scandal shows why popes, like John Paul, should not be canonized
… fought openly in the streets of Rome, reconciled after being sent to the Sardinian tin mines by the pagan Roman authorities. Both were honored as saints by the church of Rome in an …
Bishops' conference elections: why they matter and what they portend
… speak to a bishops' committee meeting, Wenski nodded off during the presentation that preceded mine. If we can't abolish the committee, better to have a chair who nods off during meetings. For …
Bob Dylan explores death to self in 'Rough and Rowdy Ways'
… that we can know or treasure as life, as thought, as experience, as joy, as being" (emphasis mine). Throughout "Rough and Rowdy Ways," Dylan's allusions to death are clearly more than …
Global climate action at stake in US election, faith activists say
… tend to be more lenient toward industrial agriculture and extractive industries such as mining and oil and gas, he said. Deforestation in Brazil has increased since Bolsonaro took … especially in Latin America, said Moema Miranda, the Brazilian secretary of the Churches and Mining Network, a coalition of religious and environmental organizations. She worries that Trump …
COP26 — Ramp up ambition
… Asian Institute of Technology and IPCC author (Thailand); Moema de Miranda,of the Churches and Mining Network and the Franciscans (Brazil); and Ovais Sarmad, UNFCCC deputy executive secretary …
The pandemic, politics and the power of prayer
… was able to both curate and watch the news with greater detachment. I prayed to know what was mine to do in birthing God's dream for my country. How shall we become a place of justice, peace …
Imprisoned elderly Jesuit defended indigenous land rights in India
… the land rights of Adivasi people who have been threatened or forced from their homes by mining, industrial agriculture and large-scale infrastructure projects. He was arrested at his … of injustice that has been taking place against indigenous people," he said. "The big one is mining, because mining has displaced a large number of the indigenous population." Jharkhand, a … frequency and ferocity of monsoons, which could disrupt farm production. The development of mines, as well as industrial-scale farms, dams and other infrastructure projects, forces people …
Links for 10/27/20
… energy industry. Ask people in West Virginia what happens to their jobs when the coal mine is exhausted or the oil well runs dry? Sustainable energy also creates millions of …
How to be anti-racist at work: suggestions for white Catholics
… race, my biases, what leadership really looks like, and I am still living out this faith of mine, too. I have been told my hunger and thirst for righteousness will be satisfied . This …
Prayer, crying out to God is only source of salvation, pope says
… 'their' pain is theirs, 'their' tears are theirs. The same, with us: the tears, 'my' pain is mine, the tears are 'mine' and with these tears, with this pain, I turn to the Lord," he said. Pope Francis said that …
EarthBeat Weekly: Church awareness of Amazon destruction increasing, but still not enough, indigenous leaders say
… pandemic is being followed by a new wave of destruction by deforestation, fires and mining, which is affecting indigenous territories. Although he, like Gualinga, was encouraged by … in oil. Catholics may have 10 cars at home, they have airplanes, they invest in oil and mining companies, but they pray on Sunday just the same. I think there should also be investment …
Your thoughts on Catholics for Trump, bishops on Twitter, Pell's historic trial and more
… Davey could not access the transcript for some time after that. But that was her problem, not mine. I had many weeks to thoroughly review the transcripts. Readers interested in my analysis of …