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NCR readers share acts of kindness, part three
… *** A friend of mine is a successful developer who owns a number of commercial retail properties. He has told his …
After coronavirus, how will we learn to un-quarantine?
… a larger context for self-identity and self-concern. I am encouraged to care only about me and mine — my better half, my offspring, my progenitors. The quarantine teaches us to see others not …
The church after coronavirus: Crisis exposes what is essential
… Network mobilize for that. But equally part of this rising support for organizations like mine is the heightened spiritual hunger of this moment. In times of plague, the hunger for …
Catholic leaders urge governments to protect indigenous during pandemic
… 40 years ago, that might have helped community members survive, Vega said, but encroachment by mining, logging and oil operations make it virtually impossible now. COVID-19 could have an … these people to live without contact." The government is "ignoring invasions, deforestation, mining and the encroachment of industrial agriculture in indigenous areas" that have already been … with Venezuela, where as many as 20,000 people are estimated to work in unregulated gold mines in areas inhabited by semi-nomadic groups as well as villages of Yanomami people. If miners …
Vatican publishes document on right to water access
… Finally, the increasing pollution of the world's oceans particularly due to activities such as mining, drilling and extractive industries as well as global warning also poses a significant …
'Unorthodox' a beautiful story about finding one's place in the world
… about the facts of her life as she relates in the book. Also, an Orthodox rabbi friend of mine (not from the Satmar community) said that in his opinion Feldman is not a reliable narrator. …
3/25 Coronavirus Tracker: Avoiding Putinism, UK Parliament shutting down
… bracing for is now here. We jawboned about it for a month while it grew by 100,000 cases — mine included. Now the disease is racing at close to 10,000 cases per day. Those of us on the …
NCR readers share acts of kindness amid coronavirus pandemic
… being at Mass but am reading Lenten reflections, which keep me focused on Christ's sacrifices. Mine are miniscule in comparison. …
Links for 3/24/20
… challenges are turning a part of the country that was once a Democratic stronghold, the rural mining region of Minnesota, into Trump country. This is what the Democrats need to acknowledge: …
Living water
… lead contamination in drinking water, whole countries dependent on bottled water because mining and agricultural chemicals have poisoned rivers. The Prophet Ezekiel has a vision in …
A DIY edifying film festival for the social distanced and quarantined
… a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (It is.) "Steel Magnolias" (B.K. rating = bring Kleenex) "Yours, Mine and Ours" (Based on a true story; see the original with Lucille Ball if you can) " Crazy … and restitution, a young woman gives up her place on a parallel earth; another favorite of mine.) "Robot & Frank" (When his dad is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, a son buys him a robot to …
Climate change hits women hardest, report finds
… Center in 2019 related to renewables. The sectors involving the most attacks last year were mining (143 attacks) and agribusiness (85 attacks). Sexual violence by security guards in the … between 2012 and 2017 for engaging in the peaceful resistance to a gold and silver mine in San Rafael, Guatemala, according to the report. The report's release was attended by … in Honduras that resulted in a greater number of concessions being issued to corporations in mining, hydroelectric dams and other types of energy generation projects. She said there was also …
Your thoughts on geofencing, women in the church, pro-life movement and more
… (" This external link will open in a new window Be you either hot or cold: Jesus' words, not mine ") reminded me of a similar call made by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his Letter from …
Christ and culture in paradox, and Christ as transformer of culture
… Luther's gospel of faith in Christ working by love in the world of culture [p. 179, emphasis mine]. The rise of autonomy as a central organizing value in modern society is surely the most …
Synthesists are one of three 'church parties' for Niebuhr, with Christ above culture
… . (p. 129-130, emphasis mine) Aquinas lived in a remarkable age, to be sure, but he also was a remarkable man who, …
New books explore dying, a brave bishop, and leaving Westboro Baptist Church
… Baptist Church protests, especially when church members celebrated the horrific West Nickel Mines and Sandy Hook school massacres. Later she also caught the WBC doctoring videos and …
Brazilian church commission examines mining's impact on local communities
… conference has established a commission to assist dioceses and prelatures in areas where mining operations are harming communities and the environment. Meeting since December, the … November 2015 collapse of the Mariana dam, which caused millions of gallons of toxic fluid and mine tailings to spill into rivers and nearby communities. The collapse killed 19 people and …
I found God in the pain of my brother's suicide
… childhood, and our parents, and the pain of our childhood, and the pain of our lives, his and mine. And that pain mixed with the sorrow of David's death, the grief at his despair. And, in …
Australian believers' response to bushfires only the beginning
… joint statement put out by the Anglican and Catholic Bishops in a North Queensland coal mining town. It was given the front-page headline in the local (paywalled) Townsville Bulletin , …
'Querida Amazonia' provides reflection on ecological sin
… colonizing interests that have continued to expand – legally and illegally – the timber and mining industries," Francis is calling to account larger economic systems destroying people and …